Iran thinks the US will let it keep the Strait of Hormuz

Iran's leaders believe that sooner or later the United States will have to accede to their control over the Strait of Hormuz. That would mark a victory in the five-month war, as the critical waterway carries a fifth of the world's traded oil and gas in peacet…

The Strait of Hormuz is, by some accounts, named for a Zoroastrian deity destined to emerge victorious after a 9,000-year standoff with an adversary. Irans leaders feel their own victory is at hand …

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