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Here's some articles of Dinarian-GCR interests... Iran appears to be ramping up the pressure. Iran is shaking down the US for money & lots of it. It worked with Obama & Biden as they paid off Iran to be nice. Trump's *** for that, slap on the wrist tactics are not working. Germany, Trump's most critical ally, claims Trump is not doing enough. Iran uses negotiation lul to buy time, re-arm, hunker down, to fight on. Iran has no intentions of negotiating a deal...plays Trump for a fool. Iran could end up being Trump-Republicans downfall. Treat as rumors. not verified. Your opine. Where's My Cheque? ARTICLE: Keane calls out Iranian military advisor over demands for $billions in frozen assets. Fox News senior strategic analyst Ret. Gen. Jack Keane discussed Iran’s demand for $billions in frozen assets as the US works to reach a deal with the regime on Sunday. Iranian negotiators demanded $24 billion in frozen assets as part of a potential agreement, but President Donald Trump's administration has shown no signs of agreeing. Keane argued that the Trump administration has exhausted its strategic patience, having applied significant economic pressure & military deterrence against Tehran, making a comprehensive deal Iran's only viable option. US Retaliates With Airstrikes After Iran Launches Missiles & Drones In Weekend Attacks. ARTICLE: The U.S launched retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian military sites on Sunday after Tehran launched its own wave of missiles & drones targeting Kuwait & Bahrain. US allied forces successfully intercepted the strikes. Behind Closed Doors. ARTICLE: US negotiator delivering direct message to Iran's supreme leader to boost talks. Pakistani minister heads to Tehran in latest effort to boost stalled US-Iran peace talks. Pakistan's interior minister is meeting with Iranian officials in Tehran on Sunday in the latest effort to progress peace talks between the US & Iran. Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi is delivering a message directly to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, according to Iranian state media. Naqvi met with Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni late Saturday & held talks Sunday morning with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, according to official Iranian media. The reports did not offer details on what was discussed in the meetings. US intercepts Iranian Missiles Aimed At Gulf Allies As Tehran Ramps Up Pressure Campaign. ARTICLE: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) intercepted six Iranian ballistic missiles fired toward Kuwait and Bahrain after American forces struck Iranian radar sites, as tensions continue to rise amid stalled negotiations between Washington & Tehran. Fox News foreign correspondent Jeff Paul reported from Dubai that Iran launched seven ballistic missiles toward the Gulf allies after CENTCOM forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones & carried out retaliatory strikes on radar sites in Goruk & on Qeshm Island. “Officials in Kuwait are describing those recent overnight strikes here in the Gulf as a serious escalation,” Paul said on “Fox Report.” CENTCOM said six of the seven missiles were intercepted, while the seventh failed to reach its intended target. Former CIA station chief & Fox News contributor Dan Hoffman said Iran appears to be trying to “drive up the costs of the war” for the US by disrupting trade through the Strait of Hormuz, escalating Hezbollah strikes against Israel and targeting Gulf allies. “Iran feels like that gives them added leverage,” Hoffman said, referring to domestic political pressure facing the Trump administration ahead of the midterms. Playing Into Democrats Hands. ARTICLE: Republicans face ticking midterm clock as Iran fallout keeps pressure on gas prices. As the Trump administration weighs diplomacy & military pressure against Iran, a political clock is ticking at home. Even if the Strait of Hormuz — the global oil choke point largely shuttered since the conflict with Iran due to Iranian attacks — reopened immediately, it could take months for oil flows to return due to logistical bottlenecks involving trapped tankers, swollen inventories & damaged oil infrastructure, according to Kpler oil analyst Matt Smith, pushing normalization of global energy markets closer to the Nov. 3 midterm elections. "It's then going to take until the 4th Quarter of the year for things to return to normal," Smith said. It may be too little too late as mid term approaches. The question facing Republicans is whether the economic consequences of the conflict will outlast the conflict itself. While the WH continues to pursue a diplomatic resolution with Iran, strategists and energy analysts say disruptions to global energy markets could linger long after any agreement is reached, leaving voters with months of elevated costs heading into the midterms. The Economic Effects Are Already Visible: The national average price of regular gasoline stood at $4.241 per gallon Thursday, according to AAA, up from $3.144 a year earlier — an increase of nearly 35%. Moody's Analytics estimates the conflict has cost American households roughly $100 billion throughout the past three months, or about $750 per household, through higher fuel, transportation & related costs. To some, the conflict has already gone on long enough to create lasting political consequences. "There is a timeline, and we've already passed it," GOP strategist Doug Heye told Fox News Digital.