As the world fixates on Ukraine, another war is brewing in the Middle East
By Patrick Cockburn | INEWS
The failure to agree a nuclear deal is only one of a series of separate and unrelated events that have heated up the Iran crisis over the last two months.
As war rages in Ukraine, another conflict is ready to explode in the Middle East as the US and its allies confront Iran over its nuclear programme, supply of drones to Russia, and repression of anti-government protests.
If the US or Israel were to attack the main Iranian nuclear facility producing weapons-grade nuclear fuel, Iran would most likely retaliate by using its drone and missile arsenal to close the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf, through which tankers daily carry almost a fifth of the world’s oil and gas.
The confrontation escalated sharply this week when Iran announced that it int...