🔸The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said that it is possible the deadlock between the two countries and disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz could continue for a year or more.

🔸On Friday, Mike Waltz, on 1 Aban, in an interview with the Financial Times, said a deal over Iran’s nuclear program might not be reached and that traffic of ships in the Strait of Hormuz may not return to the pre-conflict level even over the next year.

🔸He said Washington is prepared to continue confronting Iran in the long term and emphasized that the United States has the ability to continue the blockade of Iran’s ports for the foreseeable future.

🔸At the same time, Hoda Hossein Maleki, a member of Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Parliament, warned in an interview with the Russian news agency RIA Novosti that if military clashes resume, any support by regional countries for the United States would be regarded as a hostile act.