US Intel: Iran Has Gained Ability to Shut Hormuz at Will, Assessment Warns
🛢️ HORMUZ — The war Washington fought to prevent Hormuz closure just handed Iran the switch. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: US intel agencies assess Iran acquired Hormuz shutdown capability as a direct war outcome — the conflict created the leverage it was meant to deny. Paired with Houthi Bab-el-Mandeb control, Tehran now holds both Gulf chokepoints. The MOU's Hormuz clause isn't a concession extracted from Iran — it's Iran deciding, for now, not to use a weapon it just permanently acquired.
