A mechanism for deescalation so how close can you get to an Armed Conflict without actually having one can we expect to see a steady stream of attacks on ships and tankas in the gulf around the strait of hormuz to the point where it does disrupt shipping. Well i think there is a chance for a deescalation i think thats what President Trump and Prime Minister shinzo be discussed in tokyo but after President Trump returned to the United States his administration slapped new sanctions on iran on the petro Chemical Industry which is an extremely important industry for iran and that was after he had met with Prime Minister shinzo been missed this job he was planning for his mediation trip to iran so i think that step kind of ruined that phase of attempted mediation i think President Trump and the iranians do have a narrow common interest and that is in avoiding war both iran and trump do not want to war they do not want a Major Military escalation but iran does want some relief that is somet