The Treaty
Trump declared the "Immediate, Complete, and Total" opening of the strait on August 1. Days later Iran's foreign ministry is still describing a reopening...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran didn't have to defeat the US military. It only had to survive, keep Hormuz restricted, and make the war expensive enough that waiting...
The Treaty
Neither side can force the other to fold, and neither is talking directly anymore. Iran has survived two rounds of maximum pressure already. Meanwhile...
Dollars and Sense
The administration says 8 to 8.5 million barrels move through the strait each night. An independent tracking firm counts closer to 3 million a...
Dollars and Sense
Diesel is above five dollars a gallon against $3.72 a year ago, prediction markets give better than even odds the blockade ends by September...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Reopening Hormuz was never one of the stated war aims. Preventing an Iranian bomb was. If the B-2 raid on Fordow already settled that...
The Treaty
Trump calls it a chess game and says he's only semi-negotiating. Meanwhile the demands Iran once reserved for nuclear talks are attached to the...
The Treaty
Withdraw the forces, lift the blockade, drop the sanctions, release the frozen assets, pay for the damage, and stop the threats. That's Tehran's price....
The Treaty
Washington says it will lift the blockade and let Iran sell oil again. Tehran's foreign minister says that still isn't enough to open the...