How Iran’s ‘golden weapon’ of Hormuz became a bigger priority than its long-disputed nuclear programme
* Interim deal’s wording fuels rival U.S.-Iran interpretations over who manages transit * Tehran once viewed shutting the waterway as a last resort * Iran won’t start nuclear talks before Washington…
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