أمريكا وإيران.. هل لا يزال خيار العمل العسكري يلوح في الأفق؟ — Monday 18 May 2026A senior Gulf political analyst has warned that Tehran’s latest diplomatic overture to Washington, delivered through a Pakistani intermediary, amounts to little more than a calculated delay tactic. Dr. Saleh Al-Mutairi, head of the Al-Madar Center for Political Studies, told BBC News Arabic that the revised Iranian proposal is designed to buy time and sidestep the core requirements of any lasting nuclear agreement. He linked Iran’s earlier acceptance of a truce on 11 April directly to credible American threats against the country’s energy and power infrastructure. Al-Mutairi argued that Gulf states and the wider international community now share a clear strategic consensus on the need to eliminate what he called “navigational blackmail” in the Strait of Hormuz. The waterway carries roughly one-fifth of global oil trade, making any sustained Iranian restrictions on shipping an immediate concern for energy importers across Asia and Europe. The Qatari prime minister’s recent remarks, he noted, reflect this shared determination to prevent future disruptions that could drive up prices and threaten supply security for millions of consumers. Should Tehran continue to impose limits on vessel movements, Al-Mutairi concluded, Washington may view military action as the only reliable means of restoring freedom of navigation. Such a step would carry significant risks for regional stability and global markets alike, underscoring how developments in the Gulf continue to reverberate far beyond the Middle East.Watch the full video from Al Jazeera English below.