# Analysts debate whether diplomacy can halt US-Iran escalation

https://mins.news/en/video/42451

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-02 17:28 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc1Zuk6OamY

> Ali Akbar Dareini of Tehran’s Center for Strategic Studies and King’s College London fellow Nawaf Obaid tell Al Jazeera that intensifying US-Iran tensions have reduced room for diplomacy, fuelling fears that the crisis around the Strait of Hormuz could spread further.

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