Oil arguably started the tensions (particularly, oil was the impetus for the CIA/MI6 orchestrated 1953 Iranian coup, which arguably set the ball rolling with al

Oil arguably started the tensions (particularly, oil was the impetus for the CIA/MI6 orchestrated 1953 Iranian coup, which arguably set the ball rolling with all that followed.) But I don't think oil is the reason tensions presently continue; if oil suddenly somehow became a total non-issue that interested nobody, I think tensions with Iran would continue because at this point it has become a grudge match between Iran, Israel and America, with America strongly siding with Israel. These grudges would not be automatically resolved if the matter of oil were no longer a concern.