LONDON • "Anything can happen; both accidents, as well as planned accidents," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif remarked recently, commenting about the Middle East's security prospect.
And he should know. For it was Iran's seizure of a British tanker as well as the apparent shooting down of an Iranian drone by the US Navy in the Gulf last week that raised tensions throughout the region.
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