🇺🇸🇮🇷 Journalist Sharmine Narwani says Trump is trying to claim credit for a Hormuz deal he did not negotiate and may no longer have the power to stop.
She argues there is no U.S-Iran deal; Washington and Tehran are not even negotiating directly.
The real discussions are taking place between Iran and Oman, with Gulf states increasingly backing a regional solution to a crisis America created but could not control.
And that distinction matters.
Trump wants to present any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as another war he personally solved, but Sharmine says the real story is almost the exact opposite.
Regional states are no longer waiting for Washington to decide how they engage with their neighbors.
They are taking matters into their own hands because leaving their security to the U.S became too dangerous.
The emerging Hormuz arrangement is still being negotiated, but one Iranian position appears immovable: The Strait will never return to the system that existed before the war.
Iran could retain authority over inbound traffic, oversight of vessels using the Omani route, the power to inspect or block ships it considers hostile, and transit or service fees also remain on the table.
Even a final agreement would not mean business as usual, because any renewed attack on Iran could immediately close the Strait again.
America may now have to accept an arrangement written by Iran and Oman, supported by Gulf nations and only reluctantly tolerated by Washington.
Sharmine argues this reflects something much larger than a dispute over shipping lanes: The old regional order is breaking down.
For decades, Washington expected allies and adversaries alike to wait for American approval before making major security decisions.
This war changed that calculation, and Iran emerged not isolated or broken, but with greater influence over the diplomatic endgame.
Her argument is that the U.S did not merely fail to defeat Iran; it accelerated the rise of the regional power it entered the war to contain.
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