Abdulla Bandar Al-Etabi, assistant professor of international affairs at Qatar University, said it was too early to judge the direction of events after U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest statement on Iran. According to Jin10, he said neither side had shown any softening in its position and that the threat of a wider conflict remained, citing the Strait of Hormuz. He added that the latest developments had bought more time for diplomacy and for Iran to work with regional countries on some arrangement over the Strait of Hormuz, allowing diplomacy to return to the right track.