Expansion of US strikes on Iran leads to more retaliation across the Gulf

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : “Only diplomacy, a new peace agreement, and a new security framework produced by regional states and for regional states will allow the United States to turn its attention elsewhere.”However, Zarif, who helped elect the country’s reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian, also warned the country’s theocracy that “if Iran repeatedly threatens maritime traffic, it could turn much of the world against it.”Iranian authorities on Sunday said at least 50 people have been killed and 517 wounded in the latest rounds of U.S. strikes.
46% : The Houthis earlier demonstrated their ability to disrupt shipping there when they targeted ships for months over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, with over 100 vessels attacked.There was no immediate response from Saudi Arabia.Trump has threatened to target Iran’s power stations and bridges to try to compel Tehran to loosen its hold on the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of world oil supplies were shipped before the war.

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