Iran FM: "We Will Always Be Protector of Security in Hormuz"
⚓ HORMUZ — Araghchi claims protector status as Trump threatens to finish the job. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Araghchi's framing — Iran as security guarantor, not aggressor — is a direct counter-narrative to Cooper's "very moderate capability" squeeze. It signals Tehran won't accept any deal framed as military defeat. "Protector of Hormuz" language also preempts any Chinese-brokered reopening that bypasses Iranian sovereignty. It's the red line dressed as a title.
