"A top Iranian national security official delivered a sweeping set of demands on Saturday that he said the United States must meet before the Strait of Hormuz can reopen to maritime traffic, throwing the fate of the critical trade waterway into question.
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, issued a statement carried by state media laying out multiple requirements for reopening the strait. He called for the United States to lift its naval blockade and sanctions on Iran, withdraw the U.S. military from around Iran, pay war reparations and release frozen Iranian assets, as well as end attacks on Iran’s allies in the region and threats against the country."
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"Mr. Zolghadr’s list of demands upended expectations that a deal with Oman would soon allow commerce to flow through the strait once more and ease global energy prices. They will likely put pressure on President Trump to consider Iran’s conditions if he wants to lower consumer prices for Americans, which pose a risk for Republicans ahead of November’s midterm elections."
They said they’re not going to open the strait because Israel is bombing hezbollah! They were never going to agree. Anyway, we are getting some ships out, none of us there’s are getting out. Pipelines are being built to sideline the strait and basically make it irrelevant.
They said they’re not going to open the strait because Israel is bombing hezbollah! They were never going to agree. Anyway, we are getting some ships out, none of us there’s are getting out. Pipelines are being built to sideline the strait and basically make it irrelevant.
Trump isn’t going for those demands.
Very few ships getting through.
You talking about the pipelines that’ll end at the Mediterranean? Does the world economy have time to wait for that?
They’re outnumbered by a lot. They are hated by 85-90 percent of the population. That never ends well. We can provide air cover and intelligence.
Another thing I hope is true. Although I don’t think any of us can fathom the psychological toll of 40 years of a brutal dictatorship can have on a psyche of the people living under it.