By punishing Iran, Trump risks a full-scale war between our two countries

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Mohammad Khatami

The US president should resist the pressure from his advisers and de-escalate the explosive tensions in the Persian Gulf

• Mohammad Khatami was president of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1997 to 2005

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/22/trump-punishing-iran-risks-full-scale-war
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British flagged oil tanker ‘Stena Impero’ seized at Strait of Hormuzepa07731990 An Iranian Revolutionary Guard jet boat sails around the seized British-flagged tanker Stena Impero in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, 21 July 2019. Media reported that Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims to have seized Stena Impero at the Strait of Hormuz with 23 crew on board. Stena Bulk has issued a statement that ‘UK registered vessel Stena Impero was approached by unidentified small crafts and a helicopter during transit of the Strait of Hormuz while the vessel was in international waters. On 20 July Stena Bulk informed that Head of Marine Affairs at the Port of Bandar Abbas is in contact with the crew members, who are in ‘good health’ and that Head of Marine Affairs has confirmed to them that no instructions have been received so far as to what will happen to the ship.’ EPA/HASAN SHIRVANI
 The British-flagged tanker, Stena Impero, seized in the strait of Hormuz: ‘By exiting the JCPOA, the Trump administration has moved against the very principles of dialogue, engagement and coalition-building.’ Photograph: Hasan Shirvani/EPA

Twenty-one years ago, on my recommendation, the UN general assembly named 2001 the year of “dialogue among civilisations”, and signalled its commitment to peace and its rejection of war and violence. The Iranian people, despite their own historic grievances and troubled history, opened a hopeful new chapter of engagement and dialogue with the Great Powers (US, UK and Russia). These hopes, however, were dashed by the terrorist atrocities of 11 September, 2001 and their…

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