After more than two months of military conflict, ten weeks of Strait blockade, countless diplomatic negotiations breaking down and restarting, the US-Iran game has entered a unique "middle ground"—neither full-scale war nor true peace. Experts precisely describe it as "a state of extreme stalemate between non-war and non-peace," and predict that the situation will continue to exhibit a trend of "stalemate normalization, low-intensity conflict, and fragmented negotiations."