These factors along with ongoing regional rivalries and changes in the American local and foreign politics produced the divide over Iran we see in the Gulf today. According to Shayji, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar “have a clear policy not to antagonize Iran, and Iran appreciates that.” ..…

Just think, too, of how those contesting Tory party leadership vied with each other to condemn Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn when, understandably, he asked for credible evidence that Iran had attacked oil tankers in Gulf of Oman.. ..…