I suspect we might be in the first stages of a war.
WWI began with “unrestricted submarine warfare”, which is the official reason of what brought the US into the war.
List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_Iranian_Navy
Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps
I suspect we might be in the first stages of a war.
WWI began with unrestricted submarine warfare “”
And Vietnam War began with Gulf of Tonkin incident.