Veteran Channel 12 Arab affairs analyst Ehud Yaari said Iran appears to be recalibrating its strategy and may be moving toward ending the current confrontation by accepting terms dictated by the United States.
In his assessment, Yaari suggested that a decisive moment may be approaching. “We are approaching the point where Israel and the US, or each one separately, must consider telling the Iranian public: ‘We control the sky above Tehran. Whoever goes out to the street and someone tries to attack them, we are defending from above,” Yaari stated.
He explained that recent statements from President Trump followed what he described as a noticeable shift in Tehran’s stance. “Trump’s remarks come after the Iranians reversed their policy. The new leadership, led by Ali Larijani and Abbas Araghchi, explains that they are no longer attempting to expand the war to a regional one, there is no threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, we will stop the attacks on the Arab states, after Saudi Arabia and UAE made clare that if the attacks continue they would join the fighting with their own air forces.”
Yaari further noted that this change includes a signal to Iran’s regional allies. According to him, “Larijani and Araghchi are effectively granting Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis an exemption from joining the war. That has not happened in the past. At the same time, they are signaling to the United States that they are interested in talks. After less than two days, we are at a crossroads, where the Iranians are beginning to falter.”
“there is no threat to close the Straight of Hormuz…”
The word, in context, is “Strait”.