We Are Heading Towards a Resumption of Hostilities

The first thing that I must say is that the Strait of Hormuz is once again closed. Iran did so this morning after many statements from the president, many of them divorced from reality. Or at least normal reality, he lives in his own reality, where his narcissism is collapsing. So those tweets I used at the top were overnight, and none of them are real. Here is the statement from the Iranian Security Council this morning. When looking at diplomatic negotiations, consider this a more traditional readout.

Statement by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council:

– On the tenth day of the war, the Americans began sending messages and requests for a ceasefire and negotiations to end the war that they themselves had started.

– On the fortieth day of the war and with the official announcement of the U.S. President accepting Iran’s 10-point plan as the framework for negotiations to end the war, the Islamic Republic of Iran accepted these negotiations in Islamabad with the mediation of Pakistan.

– These negotiations lasted 21 hours without interruption, and the Iranian delegation raised and pursued the demands of the Iranian…