For years before the attacks on the Abqaiq and Khurais oil facilities last weekend, much of the international community had been convinced that Tehran represents a serious threat to the world.

Iran has been downright humiliated before the world as it cannot sell two million barrels of oil to any country — not even its allies. Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1 has been going from port to port, unable to unload its shipment.

In a frightening moment last week, we found ourselves faced with another serious crisis in the region — perhaps the start of a more violent civil war in southern Yemen that may last a decade. Now, at this wonderful moment, we see that the crisis has been avoided by prudence on all sides.