This weekend started — dare I say — looking fairly optimistic towards calmer tensions. Israel and Lebanon began what was supposed to be a 10 day truce. The Strait of Hormuz was briefly described as open, with cargo beginning to move. And negotiations between the U.S. and Iran seemed to be moving in a positive direction.
48 hours later, that Israel-Lebanon truce is looking shaking the Strait of Hormuz is once again closed in response to the continuing U.S. blockade, and we’re once again seeing bombastic threats about mass death and destruction if this week’s Islamabad-based talks don’t pan out. Oh, and while I was recording this, the U.S. reportedly seized an Iranian cargo ship.
