Gerry Arthurs

I mean, mostly what they wanted initially was to get their own money back, money that's been frozen.

They wanted access to that.

They've got that under this deal.

They're also going to get a 300 billion fund, which Trump says won't be paid for by America.

It'll be others, the Gulf states.

I don't know how they feel about that.

But one way or the other, it seems like the Iranians are winners.

Absolutely.

Not to be attacked.

What's the relationship between Oman and Iran in that case?

Because it's got to be a joint authority.

So they can kind of see that other accelerations of this kind of transit can... There are plans, though, by Gulf states to build pipelines that would bypass the Straits of Hormuz.

And I think there are pipelines already that bypass the Red Sea.

I suspect, though, pipelines are incredibly vulnerable in wartime.

Absolutely.

Of course, the lack of fertilizer, for example, will impact crops going into 2027.

Absolutely.

Which will lead to more hunger.

And because of a shortage of fuel in places like the Philippines, jobs have been lost and therefore people go hungry.

It's as simple as that.