After President Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran in mid-June, US government officials ran around to get support for the agreement, hoping to use it to re-open the Strait of Hormuz and gradually end the war. According to Iranian and Arab officials, Iran's hardline leaders held a secret meeting in Tehran to draw up another plan. In their view, this agreement is probably just a means for the US and Israel to ease pressure on the global economy and buy time for larger attacks in the future. Iran is not hoping for negotiations, but is using the past two months to prepare for a larger conflict. Iran's measures include making the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps increase its control over the regular military, expand domestic counterintelligence operations, and increase missile and drone production capacity. Iran's leadership quickly took the initiative to attack ships to strengthen control over the Strait of Hormuz and expand the battlefield to the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia has always relied on the Red Sea channel to circumvent Iran's blockade of the Persian Gulf. Officials with knowledge of the relevant intelligence said that Arab intelligence services have obtained relevant evidence, including communication records between Iran and national military allies such as Yemen and Iraq, which prove that there has been a strategic shift within Iran's tough leadership and that the armed forces are preparing to expand the scale of the war and raise the cost of US combat.

After President Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran in mid-June, US government officials ran around to get support for the agreement, hoping to use it to re-open the Strait of Hormuz and gradually end the war. According to Iranian and Arab officials, Iran's hardline leaders held a secret meeting in Tehran to draw up another plan. In their view, this agreement is probably just a means for the US and Israel to ease pressure on the global economy and buy time for larger attacks in the future. Iran is not hoping for negotiations, but is using the past two months to prepare for a larger conflict. Iran's measures include making the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps increase its control over the regular military, expand domestic counterintelligence operations, and increase missile and drone production capacity. Iran's leadership quickly took the initiative to attack ships to strengthen control over the Strait of Hormuz and expand the battlefield to the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia has always relied on the Red Sea channel to circumvent Iran's blockade of the Persian Gulf. Officials with knowledge of the relevant intelligence said that Arab intelligence services have obtained relevant evidence, including communication records between Iran and national military allies such as Yemen and Iraq, which prove that there has been a strategic shift within Iran's tough leadership and that the armed forces are preparing to expand the scale of the war and raise the cost of US combat.