Iran was always going to close the Strait of Hormuz

By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation

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The five-day deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz handed to Iran by Donald Trump on Monday expires some time tomorrow and the Islamic Republic needs to “get serious before it is too late” – or so the US president has announced on his TruthSocial platform.

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