# strategic ambiguity

Talks and Threats: Washington Keeps Iran Under Deliberate Ambiguity as Naval Forces Patrol the Gulf

The United States has combined public threats and naval deployments with discreet offers to negotiate with Iran, a strategy Washington has kept deliberately ambiguous. Tehran has responded with guarded engagement through intermediaries while reaffirming core red lines, raising the odds that any agreement will be limited and that miscalculation could still spark wider regional conflict.