US-Iran Escalation Hinges on Negotiations, Military Expert Says

The course of negotiations will determine whether military tensions between the United States and Iran escalate further, according to Brigadier General Rizq al-Khawaldeh, a military and strategic expert.

Al-Khawaldeh said the escalation leaves the Middle East facing several possible scenarios as military tensions persist.

His assessment linked the risk of a wider confrontation to the diplomatic track, rather than presenting further escalation as inevitable.

The expert’s remarks underscored uncertainty over the regional outlook, with the direction of US-Iran tensions dependent on how negotiations unfold.