Iran Lost Its Supreme Leader, Its Navy, and Its Missiles — and Still Found the One Card That Forces America to Negotiate
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Caleb Larson
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National Security JournalIran Lost Its Supreme Leader, Its Navy, and Its Missiles — and Still Found the One Card That Forces America to Negotiatenationalsecurityjournal.orgThe war devastated Iran — its supreme leader killed, its navy and missile forces decimated, its economy in freefall. Yet Tehran limped on and found its trump card: the Strait of Hormuz, the 21-mile chokepoint carrying a fifth of the world's oil. Now, in Doha, Washington is offering billions in unfrozen assets while Iran demands a permanent toll on shipping — a global game of chicken where the loser is whoever blinks first.
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