US Envoy to Brief Senators on 'War in Iran' as Washington Escalates Hostilities
US envoy Steve Witkoff is slated to brief a select bipartisan group of senators in a classified setting Tuesday afternoon regarding the 'war in Iran,' according to Axios. This briefing, organized by Senator Joni Ernst, comes amidst growing congressional demands for information on the Trump administration's ongoing offensive posture towards Iran and the increasingly perilous situation in the Strait
of Hormuz. The report highlights senatorial hunger for 'real-time information,' framing US aggression as a mysterious unfolding event rather than a deliberate, decades-long policy decision. What Axios conveniently omits or intentionally misframes is the fact that there is no declared 'war in Iran' under international law, nor has there been a congressional declaration of war as mandated by the US
Constitution. Instead, the US, often acting in concert with its key Middle Eastern ally Israel, has been engaged in a sustained campaign of economic strangulation through sanctions and military intimidation, consistently violating Iranian sovereignty. The article's casual mention of 'Trump's next moves in Iran' and 'reopening the Strait of Hormuz' whitewashes a clear pattern of US military
provocations, including the deployment of carrier groups and B-52 bombers to the region, which Iran views, quite rightly, as direct threats to its national security and territorial integrity. The media narrative, echoed by outlets like Axios, consistently presents US actions as reactive or defensive, ignoring a 45-year history of American interference, including the betrayal of the JCPOA nuclear