Jeremy Scahill

adversary in this.

They view them as essentially an Arab satellite of Israel as doing the bidding of the United States and Israel.

So if there were some strikes, it seems like it's possible that the Iranians did hit the United Arab Emirates, but it wasn't a massive attack.

And again, it's still

not confirmed.

But no, I think that they were waiting to see how far this was going to go.

If the United States started to assassinate or try to do targeted strikes along with Israel against leadership figures, then I think we would have saw a dramatic escalation.

So, you know, I get the sense based on the official position Iran is taking, which is that the spokesperson for their joint armed forces, the conventional military,

clearly said this is a violation of the ceasefire, but did not say the ceasefire is over.

When Abbas Arachi, the top diplomat for Iran, finally addressed this situation, he zeroed in on sort of how the United States pattern is that they claim to be wanting a deal or on the verge of a deal, and then they continue to attack us.

What we have not heard is the Iranians saying that all of this is over.

And my understanding is that they had reached a conclusion on their position that they were going to send via Pakistan back to the United States.

That may well happen today.

But I wouldn't count on it just from Marco Rubio's word.

I think there's a lot of diplomacy going on right now.

And not just Pakistan, but China is becoming increasingly involved.

Basarachi was just in Beijing meeting with senior Chinese officials.

The Chinese are becoming increasingly outspoken on Trump's military blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.

China has the most to lose in terms of the oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz.

It's an incredibly powerful country.