Russia’s Position on the US–Iran Confrontation. Watching from the Sidelines

... East, built by Iran for decades, increases the risk of an asymmetric Iranian response and threatens US allies in the Persian Gulf and Israel. Such a war would have affected global markets, given the importance of the Middle East to world’s oil trade. Any escalation threatens the safety of navigation through the strategically important Strait ... ... supply also passes through the strait (mainly from Qatar). It 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 ...