Zarif: Anyone who wants to enter Strait of Hormuz must cooperate with IRGC

[raptor22]

It sounds like rouhani and zarif have finally both discovered for themselves the very same thing that a certain mr neville chamberlain discovered over 80 years ago,namely that attempting to appease fascists in the hope that they will keep their word and live up to their agreed upon obligations,is not only a very bad idea in theory,its an even worse one when put into practice.

Well he was not alone:

Iran won’t fire the first shot or even the second. If anything Iran will avoid war and take a few hits, it’s in its interests to do so. Remember Operation Praying Mantis? The last time Iran directly attacked (not via proxies or covert operation) the US military with then state of the art equipment.

Bolton wants nothing more to trick the IRGC into doing something stupid in order to unleash a barrage of cruise missiles.(example)

In that case what is Iran’s move, if it gets hit with 500 cruise missiles? Do they escalate situation one step further and fire BMs in retaliation or yell and scream and pull out of NPT?

People are quick to think Iran will immead unleash the gates of hell, but history has shown us (in Syria and elsewhere), Iran’s response is measured.

So I don’t think war is imminent. If anything Iran has shun war or confrontation at every opportunity.

Iran not responding to a possible military strike in any proportion on its own soil would not result in deescalation or shunning war in fact it's opposite ... we have no other option but to crush the source of strike for the sake of peace.