Preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, consistently touted by President Donald Trump as his main reason for the war,- now takes a back seat to getting oil flowing again freely through the st ...
Iran's security chief on Saturday laid out a list of demands for reopening the strait, including an end to the "war and aggression against Iran and its allies in Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen and Iraq".
While Trump has revelled in the U.S. military decimating layers of Tehran's leadership and devastating its air force and navy, Iran is betting it can outlast Trump.
On Saturday, Trump said the US was "ready to go against the Islamic republic" but that Tehran and other Middle Eastern countries had asked him to hold off on fresh strikes.
The White House accused Iran of breaching last month's truce as Tehran claimed attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, while Hamas said it would disarm under a Gaza deal.
In announcing the strikes in Iraq, the U.S. warned that further attacks on American troops or Saudi Arabia's energy infrastructure risked additional action.
