Council on Foreign Relations 53d ago

“This very hardened, militarized security establishment that has come up to the fore in the Islamic Republic of Iran is going to use the strait from now on as its only real guarantee, assurance—insurance policy that, under Trump or a future U.S. administration, whatever deal is made isn’t reneged again, like they had in the past,” says Ellie Geranmayeh, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa programme and senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. “So this is going to become a new geopolitical chip for them that they didn’t have before, frankly.” Subscribe to our channel: https://goo.gl/WCYsH7 This work represents the views and opinions solely of the author. The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher, and takes no institutional positions on matters of policy. Visit the CFR website: http://www.cfr.org Follow CFR on X: http://www.twitter.com/cfr_org Follow CFR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/councilonforeignrelations/