Doha, Qatar —
In a message marking 30 days since the start of the Iran war, a senior Iranian official is spelling out what many ordinary people across the tense Gulf, and beyond, privately fear will be Washington’s next move.
“The enemy signals negotiation in public, while in secret it plots a ground attack,” reads the statement from Iranian Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
He may be right.
Washington still insists negotiations with Iran are progressing, while deploying thousands of troops to the region, some of which – including 3,500 that arrived from Asia this weekend – have now started to assemble.
Much speculation…