US campaign in Iran is expanding dangerously: Recent strikes and a renewed naval blockade go beyond protecting shipping and risk wider war, civilian casualties, and further regional instability.

Legal and diplomatic concerns: The operations lack clear congressional authorization or UN approval, undermine IAEA inspections, and bypass a recent ceasefire memorandum, turning diplomacy into “bombing first.”

Call for de-escalation: The author urges halting strikes, ending the blockade, and returning to negotiations, warning that the conflict risks becoming permanent policy with high human and strategic costs.

Washington is using the Strait of Hormuz to justify a widening campaign that violates Iranian sovereignty, endangers civilians and pushes the region toward a larger war.

On Thursday afternoon, U.S. Central Command announced another wave of strikes on Iran, saying the operation would “further degrade” the country’s military capabilities. The phrase was clinical. The reality was not. American aircraft had already hit areas near Tehran, Bandar Abbas and Qeshm, while U.S. forces disabled a tanker during enforcement of a renewed naval blockade. This is not a narrow mission to escort ships. It is an expanding assault on a sovereign state with no credible end point.

Washington had an alternative. A June 17 memorandum created........

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