New Delhi, March 20 -- As the West Asia conflict enters the 21st day today, the Biden-era US top official, Daniel Benaim, has criticised President Donald Trump for "miscalculating" Iran's response to US-Israel attack and failing to understand Tehran's psychology that when pushed to a wall, it "wouldn't capitulate" like Venezuela.

Benaim, who is an expert on the Arabian Peninsula, in a conversation with ANI, also said the American diplomats were "caught unprepared" for the broadening of the conflict by Iran.

"So, I think he did miscalculate in the sense that everybody knew that this was a possibility and they seem to not have been as well prepared for it as they might have been. In terms of having the assets nearby to reopen the Strait, ...