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Trump's Iran threat renews Gulf fears of unwanted war

Original: Trump's Iran threat renews Gulf fears of a war it didn't choose

Donald Trump's threats against Iran have revived anxiety across the Gulf states, which fear being drawn into a conflict they played no part in provoking. Reuters reports that officials and observers in the region see renewed rhetoric as raising the risk of escalation, with Gulf countries worried they would bear the economic and security costs of any confrontation between Washington and Tehran.

Why now: Fresh threats against Iran have stoked fears in Gulf states of being caught in a conflict they did not choose.

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