Russia’s Position on the US–Iran Confrontation. Watching from the Sidelines
... has been argued that Iran could respond to impose by Americans sanctions by blocking the Strait of Hormuz—Iran has all the military capabilities to do so. Then it would intertwine with the interests of the United States and its allies in the Persian Gulf and would lead to vulnerable oil price. But it would be a just Iranian response to the unfair and stifling US sanctions, at least perceived as such by Iran. Nevertheless, for Iran itself, the Strait of Hormuz is—to use the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic—„lifeline“. This situation within the framework of the US–Iranian ...