Tanker Attacks Risk Overplaying Iran’s Hand and Reigniting a War

Tanker Attacks Risk Overplaying Iran’s Hand and Reigniting a War: Iran’s history shows it is willing to dig in, even when it may suffer big losses. By Neil MacFarquhar Iran, fearing that its hold over the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes was gradually slipping away, risked overplaying its hand by again firing on oil tankers and potentially rekindling a major war with the United