WASHINGTON, August 12. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump has adopted a new strategy for resolving the conflict with Iran, stepping back from active diplomatic steps and military actions, The Atlantic magazine reported on Wednesday.

According to the publication, previous attempts by the US president to end the conflict, including through limited bombings and severe threats against Tehran, have failed.

In this regard, the White House is now relying on a wait-and-see strategy, The Atlantic reported, adding that the new strategy involves maintaining financial sanctions and the naval blockade of Iranian ports.

"This wait-and-see approach is meant to allow stepped-up financial sanctions and a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports to inflict economic pain," according to the magazine.

The magazine notes that carrying out this plan "requires patience" on behalf of the US president.

"Advisers privately acknowledge that a single Truth Social [social network] post fired off in anger could lead to an escalation that derails the entire plan," The Atlantic reports.

Moreover, The Atlantic emphasizes, Iran has previously demonstrated economic stability and the time required to exert effective pressure means that the conflict is unlikely to end before mid-November elections to the US Congress, in which Republicans will have to defend their majority.

The US and Israel began a war with Iran on February 28. In June, Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding providing for an immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon. However, in the early morning hours of July 8, the US resumed large-scale strikes against Iran, accusing it of violating the terms of the agreements reached on the Strait of Hormuz.