Iran's Endless War: A Gulf Apart from Reality The phrase "neither war nor peace" has become a euphemism for the perpetual state of hostilities between Iran and the United States in the Persian Gulf.
Civilians are caught in the crossfire, and cities are reduced to rubble. In Bandar Abbas, residents are not concerned with semantics – they're too busy trying to survive.
Omid, a 45 year old resident who lives just a mile from port facilities hit last week, described the aftermath of a US strike as "like a storm.