The only military plan that Trump has for Iran is a “war crimes” plan, Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, told TASS today.

“The two sides have walked up to the edge of the abyss. Having seen the disaster that likely will follow, there’s a chance they [will] walk back. Trump has, after all, reversed his position at the last moment before,” he said.

He added that warnings issued by Washington to Tehran over the past couple of months are effectively “a war crimes plan,” which includes “the targeting of civilian infrastructure, critical infrastructure, desalination plants, energy infrastructure, power plants, etc. Iran will respond in kind,” he stressed. “This will generate an energy crisis that will be far worse than what we have witnessed so far. Oil prices will likely reach $200, followed by a global depression. Trump may feel less politically restricted after the midterms, but that won’t change the reality of what a third round of war [between the U.S. and Iran] will bring about,” Parsi said.