Over the past week, the US has made frequent moves to push for an “energy cease-fire” between Russia and Ukraine, but there have been few results. At a time when the Russian-Ukrainian “energy cease-fire” proposed by the US side came true, US President Trump turned his finger on Iran on October 15 and threatened to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, including the “Haoshan” nuclear facility, which he had threatened to attack many times before but never put into practice. Furthermore, US officials revealed on the same day that the US side is considering using the “mother bomb” against Iraq. In response, Iran said on the 18th that it had formulated a response plan for any new “risky acts.” Furthermore, on the same day, Iran once again proposed the “7-day plan” previously submitted to the US for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the plan is still at the negotiation table. Some analysts believe that behind the current new round of confrontation between the US and Iran is a new round of competition between the two sides over oil prices.

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