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Aspiring to Regional Domination, Iran Is Ready to Escalate Over Hormuz

Tehran sees itself as a winner in the war that would establish a new Pax Iranica in the Middle East

DUBAI—For the Iranian regime, keeping a chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz has turned out to be more important than the tens of billions of dollars in sanctions relief from the Trump administration.

That is because Tehran is playing a long game. Iranian officials believe the country has finally emerged as a regional hegemon, after the U.S. and Israel failed to achieve their main goals in the war they unleashed in February. And, as long as Tehran cements this new status by securing permanent arrangements to control the vital waterway—and dominating the Persian Gulf economies along with it—then the rest, including American sanctions relief, will eventually follow.

Wally

That is a longgg view, Iran. I can't see it from here.

Iran Republican Guard Navy: Strait of Hormuz Closed until Further Notice

There clearly is a power struggle going on in Iran.

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