Strait of Hormuz Standoff: A Tale of Missed Opportunities The latest escalation in the ongoing standoff between Iran and the international community has seen Tehran issue a list of demands for the reopening of the critical Strait of Hormuz waterway.
These demands appear to be new preconditions, but a closer examination reveals that many were already agreed upon by the US in June's Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.
The language used in the original agreement was indeed broad, leaving room for misinterpretation and conflicting interests.