Ship sabotage mystery raises fears of accidental conflict with Iran
16 May 2019
As featured in NBC
US - Iran relations
"Regardless of whether these ships got hit by Iranians or not, the Americans and the Iranians have gotten themselves into this cycle where neither seems to be able to back down from making belligerent statements," according to Michael Stephens, a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a London-based think tank.