Washington regards Hormuz as a global maritime common. For Tehran, it is not merely a commercial shipping lane; it is its most significant conventional strategic deterrent.

Lasting peace depends upon resolving the disputes that produced them in the first place.

Washington cannot accept Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz, and Tehran will not surrender it - a deadlock that points to years of confrontation

Washington regards Hormuz as a global maritime common. For Tehran, it is not merely a commercial shipping lane; it is its most significant conventional strategic deterrent.