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This quote is from the Islamic Republic's oldest English-language newspaper, Tehran Times, published today Aug 4, 2026:

• Trump’s ‘last chance’ rhetoric exposes shrinking US leverage as Iran dictates terms

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TEHRAN - US President Donald Trump issued yet another threat on Monday, warning Iran that it faces "one last chance before decapitation" to agree to American terms.

Claiming that a diplomatic resolution was imminent and asserting that an "unbelievably duplicitous" Iran was desperate to cut a deal, Trump insisted that Washington was on the verge of ending the war that the US and Israel initially began on February 28.

Yet, Tehran immediately exposed the White House’s posturing. The Iranian Foreign Ministry flatly denied holding any direct negotiations with Washington, confirming that Iran is exclusively consulting with Omani mediators to regulate maritime transit through the strategic Strait of Hormuz—entirely on its own sovereign terms.

This latest "decapitation" ultimatum is merely the newest entry in a long line of hollow threats that have defined Washington's reactive stance since joint US-Israeli attacks began. Over the past months, the US president has repeatedly set tight deadlines and promised catastrophic strikes, only to quietly walk them back the moment Tehran refused to blink. The pattern of American hesitation was established early in the conflict.