The Middle East Situation

The first direct clash between the Americans and Iranians has opened another new page in the Gulf. With Tehran vowing vengeance, the situation is clearly explosive, although the Iranians have in the past avoided tangling with the US or other naval forces now in the Gulf. Iran's relations with both Saudi Arabia and Britain have taken a further turn for the worse, following Iranian attacks on vessels carrying the flags of those countries. Efforts to find a way...