Iran Insists on Retaining Hormuz Control, Senior Sources Say
⚓ DOHA — Tehran is negotiating while insisting on keeping the thing being negotiated. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Iran declaring Hormuz control non-negotiable mid-Doha talks exposes the structural gap: Washington's baseline is free transit; Tehran's is sovereignty. The IMO ruling, the grounding incident, and the Namu attack all point the same direction — Iran isn't trading the Strait Authority for a deal. Every concession Washington extracts elsewhere hits this ceiling first.
