[Today’s Iran War post will be comparatively brief, very light at launch and more tweet-heavy than usual because I had competing obligations. Please return at 8:00 AM EDT or refresh your browsers then for a final version]

Even though the Iran and related Saudi-Ansar Allah conflicts are getting less press attention than other hot stories, the sentiment among the YouTubers and Twitterati on this beat is of rising anxiety. While pressure on tectonic plates does not necessarily produce an earthquake, here the intensification of forces suggests a violent, destructive shift.

First a Qatari delegation and then Pakistan’s Asim Munir went to Tehran to try to achieve a resolution or at least a narrowing of positions between the US and Iran. As we pointed out yesterday, experts like Trita Parsi have become even more pessimistic about a peaceful resolution.…