“As far as Iran is concerned, Hormuz is their silver bullet… they are not going to let go,” said former Indian Permanent United Nations Representative and veteran Indian Foreign Service officer T S Tirumurti in Bengaluru Wednesday. Tirumurti was speaking at a panel discussion titled ‘Shifting Sands – The Iran War, West Asia, and India’s Place in the New Order’ at the Bangalore International Centre. Tirumurti said that a big takeaway from the present crisis was that a military campaign alone could not be resolved without a political solution. That is the realisation… That this is not a war that can be solved by the military alone.” He further said that Iran had, after many gains at the strategic level, felt that they had achieved a strategic victory.