The Iran war has forever changed Persian Gulf-US relations

As US and Iranian officials agreed last Sunday to cease hostilities and open the Strait of Hormuz, all eyes were on the first commercial tankers to return through the narrow passage. Commentators wonder whether the guns will remain silent and the ceasefire will hold, but there are more fundamental questions. What did this war do to politics in Iran and Iran’s fragile relations with its Arab neighbors in the Persian Gulf? So what are the important consequences of this for the United States as the security partner of the Arab states?

As the United States and Israel began bombing Iran on February 28, US President Donald Trump echoed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for regime change in Iran.