Trump Just Gave Iran a Hard Deadline: Admit the Strait Is Open or It Won’t Be a Great Day for Them

The backstory makes Iran’s position even harder to defend. U.S. officials report that Iranian negotiators privately admitted to their American counterparts that hardline IRGC elements opened fire on ships specifically to claw back leverage they felt they’d lost — particularly after Oman preemptively opened a southern shipping channel before the MOU continue reading …