美对伊朗加大施压力度
The renewed US-Iran conflict is escalating and threatening to spin out of control
Over the past week, the conflict between the United States and Iran has gone from a simmering tit-for-tat to something that much more resembles all-out war.
US President Donald Trump last week threatened to broaden the war unless Iran stops attacking ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
In recent days, the US has expanded its targets beyond Iranian coastal sites housing radar and drone facilities to include roads, tunnels, railways, port infrastructure and, according to Iranian media, a desalination plant.
ran has, in turn, expanded its target list across seven countries in the region, and official media outlets have suggested that major ports in Gulf Arab states may soon be added. Kuwait has borne the brunt of Iranian strikes, with a desalination plant and oil refinery damaged. Jordan too has seen regular barrages
The conflict is at an inflection point. It might give way to yet another round of mediation and negotiation. But to most analysts, that seems unlikely. Neither side seems in the mood to talk; both have said that the memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreed in June after weeks of tortuous negotiation is no longer in effect.
After the deaths Friday of two US service members in Jordan amid a barrage of Iranian missile strikes, the “coming days (are) among the most dangerous in the war,” said Ian Bremmer, founder of the Eurasia Group, a geopolitical risk analysis firm.
The US, which announced the death of another service member in northern Iraq on Sunday, said it would “swiftly punish” Tehran for the strikes – and Iran again targeted Jordan on Sunday.
“It is becoming increasingly clear that events are beginning to slip beyond anyone’s control,” said Danny Citrinowicz, an analyst with the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.
“Although both Washington and Tehran initially appeared interested in keeping the confrontation within certain limits, the conflict is now moving alarmingly close to a point where those limits could collapse,” Citrinowicz said on X.
“The confrontation could expand well beyond its current scope, drawing Gulf states more directly into the conflict and placing additional strategic targets and critical infrastructure at risk,” he added.
The Iranian missile strike targeting Aqaba in Jordan on Sunday was ample evidence of that risk, with Israel saying that shrapnel fell on its territory. Israel has so far stayed out of the conflict, reportedly at the request of the Trump administration but the government’s unhappiness at the Iran agreement is no secret. Israeli defense officials warned Sunday that the country will hit back strongly if Iran attacks Israel.
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