Iran Official: No Power Can Take Hormuz From Iranian Ownership
β HORMUZ β Tehran says ownership isn't negotiable; Washington disagrees kinetically. π LOOK CLOSER: Not new doctrine β Tehran is locking its maximalist position as strikes push north. "Ownership" forecloses every neutral-transit or IMO-supervised compromise mediators in Doha, Islamabad, and Muscat have been building. With Thursday's address imminent, Iran just publicly closed the diplomatic lane before Trump can offer one.