A defiant 🇮🇷 doesn’t seem intent to open the Strait of Hormuz until 🇺🇸 meets further conditions. At the same time there is increasing doubts also in Trump circles that a further military escalating would help. It’s a profound mess.Iran Nuances (@IranNuances)Secretary of #Iran‘s SNSC: SoH will remain closed until US changes its behavior i.e. permanently ending aggression against Iran & its allies, lifting naval blockade, withdrawing forces from Iran’s periphery, paying war reparations, lifting sanctions & unfreezing Iranian assets.— https://x.com/IranNuances/status/2086094639556108726
— @carlbildt Aug 8, 2026
