Aaron David Miller
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 21 Jul
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Yeah, it was signed virtually.
I think the date was June 17.
I'm sure the president wanted it to be on his birthday.
Yes.
Look, this was a hastily, badly negotiated document.
It's more a memorandum of misunderstanding than it is a memorandum of understanding.
The Iranians clearly had better negotiators and lawyers.
than the American team.
Paragraph 5 all but conceded the notion that Iran and Oman will have joint administration over the Straits of Hormuz.
It basically gave the Iranians a lifting of the naval blockade, a cessation of hostilities, and an unsanctioning of Iranian oil in exchange for no concessions from the Iranians.
It was only a matter of time before this thing cratered
Yeah, I mean, it's true.
The Iranians weaponized geography.
They have made proximity a vulnerability.
And the straits are now, in their view, the key to maintaining deterrence, leverage, and
and maybe even a cash cow, I think they may be overplaying their hand.
It is a strategy ultimately over time that will backfire because the ore producers and the exporters will find alternative means of delivery to bypass the straits.
The Saudis and the Emiratis already have alternative pipelines, but it may take four or five years.
to deal with these pipelines.
That's the downside of what the Iranians are doing.
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