[Today’s Iran war post launched more or less complete but your humble blogger had to go out. If there are any updates, they will go live by 9:00 AM EDT so please check comments or refresh the page then] The US has again bitch-slapped Iran during negotiations, this with a new set of strikes near Bandar Abbas, to which the IRGC has ritually responded. Note that Iran has promised a much more damaging response to the attacks Tuesday and the one yesterday. We speculated that may come after the Hajj ends, on May 30. In the meantime, US military experts continue to warn that they expect the US and Israel to resume a full-bore campaign soon. Consistent with that, Israel has ordered all in Southern Lebanon to leave and is executing Gaza-level destruction. Iran has demanded that the cessation of hostilities includes Israel’s operations in Lebanon, so the intensified Zionist war crimes alone make a settlement impossible.…