With the prospect of renewed war in Iran seemingly off the table for now, and given the Trump administration’s redoubled commitment to economic pressure to overwhelm Tehran, the question again becomes: What will be the fate of the Strait of Hormuz? U.S. President Donald Trump, despite earlier threats to reignite hostilities in a last bid to cow Iran’s resistance, appears to have parked the military option. U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio also indicated that the double-whammy of Operation Economic Outcast (a naval blockade) and Iron Gate (a land blockade of Iranian trade) will bend the…
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