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Iran’s ‘unacceptable’ deal means US must open the Strait of Hormuz by force

Two days after United States Central Command launched Project Freedom, a naval operation to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump paused the operation.

Trump cited “great progress” toward a potential deal with Iran’s rulers as the reason.

Yet that progress has proven elusive.

While the pause may have been tactically convenient, it was a strategic mistake that sent the wrong message to Tehran.

If the Trump administration is serious about restoring the free flow of international commerce illegally strangled by the Tehran regime since the start of hostilities, it should resume and sustain the operation until Iran agrees to unrestricted transit rights for all shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Approximately 20% of the world’s seaborne oil trade and 20% of global Liquefied Natural Gas transits the strait, an international waterway governed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

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