{"id":20680,"date":"2026-03-24T00:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/24\/were-in-a-tough-spot-mattis-delivers-harsh-iran-assessment-axios\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T00:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:05:26","slug":"were-in-a-tough-spot-mattis-delivers-harsh-iran-assessment-axios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/24\/were-in-a-tough-spot-mattis-delivers-harsh-iran-assessment-axios\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We&#8217;re in a tough spot&#8221;: Mattis delivers harsh Iran assessment &#8211; Axios"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMickFVX3lxTE5DeHJjLVNDU2F5ZHdaVjkzekw3bl9vU3licWFBWDMtNG1mZ2dNR1ZqaHN0S1JmVFljSURpWjJJN1lWRW1TZHVqT1NCS1BNa3ZVSlIzNGZDcy1NSlNOVkpJNmI2WVVhYXJJU1ZUX3J5c01pQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;We&#8217;re in a tough spot&#8221;: Mattis delivers harsh Iran assessment<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxOUGhKZzU1OEtjUmJpQVAtVlpEY01PdXVRTGdWOGZ6MG5GLTNMRmVWYldTaDNsam1hQW4tYlJiaC14aEVLRjVqR3Y0U21qZ2VCd0ROLUZHU3YyTWlSeUNvZ0VZdzJaam1jSXpxRjU4YkhyYTdFR3hLM0lQdlR2ejJBTERNM2E3VnNQQkdjNmJJd2dRZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Ending Iran war now would cede Hormuz to the enemy, Trump\u2019s former Defense secretary says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE1TWmdyUkRMeW5ZRFBmZUY0dkx5cGNYSnZBb2xPZkNMV3ZoVWg3NjNKSmpaNTg1OXBzMlVUbGU1Z3YzMkt1cEtvMmRlZzcxbXZPX0daaTQzWXlWbWRDdExVVnRkZ0FqTHBRYVk4czI2UUlMakkybXJDS1dpYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Nobody else is responsible\u2019: Trump to blame for Iran crisis, ex-CIA chief says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxNVW5hanlxMmFvWXJIYXdUSDhYT3F2ZG5ac1ZNSHFFZHNGd3FkVlduOGFlT1lpMXVfcU5qN19ZczdzX0RmcnVlRFRpNFZyUDMyMFlSTklXdnJrUXYteW9vc09FU1RRaF9pazdOWlVNdzR0SUNSd1NUcHpqX0ZEblZBWGdzNi1ncGFYZ0RXTUJfNXE4TjQ0Mzd4aHFtNEZLd2FORzBhUnZQYk5qeHk4ckhCcTA4a3JrQVdCdGFKVjZpNXg2c2ZCYmV2dVlIczBYUFRxdkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">CIA Ex Chief Who Hunted Bin Laden Has A Hormuz Advice For Trump<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NDTV<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxNbHdMdDJ0M3QwRjMwQ0plVUxMNFlEa0RCbEx6MjlOcmp0WHlialhSNDhmdEEtRG9uZThVeDNzem9HZGkyTmo2OExYNmZVemNvZ3J3eldmTENpWFNJd1pYNWU1OGNiZFZ0VDVhZ2hzSXdMRlhsNTlhaU5aSmwtejdHS0VtZmN0d3BhX1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Former Pentagon Chief Highlights No Good US Military Options in Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Discovery Alert<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re in a tough spot&#8221;: Mattis delivers harsh Iran assessment&nbsp;&nbsp;Axios Ending Iran war now would cede Hormuz to the enemy, Trump\u2019s former Defense secretary says&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/24\/were-in-a-tough-spot-mattis-delivers-harsh-iran-assessment-axios\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}