Ryan Knudson

Tickets go on sale this Wednesday, March 25th at 10 a.m.

Pacific.

You can find the link in our show notes.

And again, the show is going to be at the El Rey Theater in LA on Tuesday, April 28th.

Tickets go on sale this Wednesday, March 25th.

Hope to see you there.

— Since the war in Iran started, President Trump has been saying that it would be over quickly, thanks to a swift military campaign.

And the campaign has been swift.

The U.S.

and Israel have delivered a significant blow to much of Iran's military capabilities.

The campaign has killed Iran's supreme leader, along with dozens of others in the country's leadership, destroyed many of its missile launchers, decimated its navy, and inflicted even more damage to its nuclear program.

But despite this success, Iran seems to think that it has the upper hand.

Yaroslav Trofimov is the journal's chief foreign affairs correspondent.

And he says that Iran has taken the Strait of Hormuz, a historically open waterway where a quarter of the world's oil passes through, and turned it into a powerful economic weapon by threatening to attack any ships that dare enter.

After talking with sources throughout the region, Yaroslav says it's now clear what Iran wants to get out of this war and what its endgame is.

To turn the Strait of Hormuz into a massive tollbooth.

Welcome to The Journal, our show about money, business, and power.

I'm Ryan Knudsen.

It's Tuesday, March 24th.

Coming up on the show, what Iran wants from this war.