
Eine erneute Eskalation am Persischen Golf wird immer wahrscheinlicher. Können Diplomaten einen Flächenbrand noch verhindern?
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Anhaltende Spannungen zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten und dem Iran in der Golfregion.
Golfregion USA und Iran – die Zeichen stehen wieder auf Krieg
Eine erneute Eskalation am Persischen Golf wird immer wahrscheinlicher. Können Diplomaten einen Flächenbrand noch verhindern?
Eine Analyse von Fritz Schaap
27.10.2026, 09.55 Uhr

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