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US Offers Partial Frozen Fund Release if Iran Drops Hormuz Tolls

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US Offers Partial Frozen Fund Release if Iran Drops Hormuz Tolls

💰 DOHA — Washington just priced Iran's Hormuz toll at a fraction of $100 billion. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Offering partial release reframes the toll dispute as transactional, not principled — but it also signals US acceptance that tolls are Iran's real leverage, not a violation to be condemned. Tehran can pocket the offer, stall, and demand the full sum next. With Mojtaba absent and IRGC unconstrained, Iran's delegates may lack authority to deliver what Washington just bought.

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