Be that as it may, it’s still possible that Trump doesn’t strike Iran seeing as how he claimed that “They want to make a deal. Iran has some of the world’s largest oil and gas reserves, but production and exports have been handicapped by US sanctions, thus resulting in minimal sales abroad. Accordingly, Iran could propose redirecting its energy exports to India, which the US has pressured to dump Russian oil. Moreover, Russia’s North-South Transport Corridor with India via Iran would then become unviable, which is another reason for Russia to support any Iranian-US deal. Apart from Iran’s strategic capitulation to the US, the creative energy diplomacy proposed in this analysis is the best bet for averting another American attack on Iran.