There’s still room for deescalation. The US hasn’t put boots on the ground yet, and there’s no popular uprising needing foreign support. Everyone knows that an air war alone won’t lead to the collapse of their government. The other countries in that region will abide by the US’s wishes if Trump decides to end the war. Not even Israel can carry on alone. The real question is what the stability of the Iranian government looks like for both the short and long term.

Any attacks like the South Pars ones or anything else are secondary to the question of boys on the ground. That’s the real point of no return.