🇮🇷🇺🇸 The Strait of Hormuz may be reopening, but not on America's terms.
Reports suggest Iran and Oman are close to finalising a new arrangement for shipping through the Strait, which, at first glance, looks like a de-escalation; Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi says it is anything but.
According to him, this isn't America restoring the old order; it's adapting to a new one.
Iran has made one point non-negotiable: Nothing moves through Hormuz without Tehran knowing about it.
Prof. Marandi says Oman and Iran have spent weeks negotiating a framework that keeps the Strait coordinated rather than divided.
Iran insisted it would never accept a system where Oman managed one side while Tehran had no oversight of the other.
Instead, he says, every vessel would remain subject to Iranian coordination.
And even if an agreement is signed, that doesn't mean Hormuz suddenly returns to normal.
Prof. Marandi argues that Trump first has to return to the broader Memorandum of Understanding that Washington abandoned.
That means more than just shipping; it means sanctions relief, releasing frozen Iranian assets, and potentially new understandings covering Yemen and Gaza as well.
Only then, he says, can the Strait be fully normalised.
And the kicker this time is that Prof. Marandi doesn't believe Iran will simply reopen Hormuz and trust Washington to keep its promises later.
He says Tehran will want key concessions delivered first.
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🇺🇸🇵🇰 Q: "Pakistan has opened the land route with Iran. Did they consult you?"
Trump: "That was a vicious bee. I know everything about it. I have great respect for Pakistan."
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@pakistanwalli@OfficialDGISPR This is not a good news. Have we not learned from the world events when you let a third party have control over your security? Pager attacks is the most recent example
Pakistan Air Force is set to acquire two distinct fifth-generation stealth fighter jets — China’s J-35 and Turkey ’s TF-X KAAN, by 2030
◾ This will make Pakistan Air Force first in world to operate stealth fighter jets from two different countries.
◾This historic milestone is expected to increase operational and combat capabilities of PAF and further cement its air superiority in the region.
A man in Odisha dug up his deceased sister’s grave and brought her skeleton to the bank Just to prove she had died.
He had been trying to withdraw ₹20,000 from her account, but bank officials kept insisting he bring the account holder in person. Despite repeatedly telling them she had passed away, they didn’t listen.
Frustrated and unaware of the legal process, he took this extreme step.
This incident shows not just a lack of awareness, but also a failure of basic human understanding in the system.
Trump reportedly asked his team after meeting Asim Munir:
“Who are these Pakistanis? A puny little country that beat the hell out of the Indians and has the atom bomb too?”
That question - from the most powerful man in the world - is Pakistan’s entire repositioning story in one sentence.
Via @thehill
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