By Esfandyar Batmanghelidj and Mehran Haghirian
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Friday. A full Persian-language translation of this article was published by Iran’s state news agency, IRNA, on Sunday.
This week Iran resumed attacks on commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, targeting ships attempting to transit through a southern channel established by Oman in coordination with the International Maritime Organization and with the encouragement of the United States. The attacks have further weakened the already fragile Memorandum of Understanding signed between the U.S. and Iran on June 18. Iranian leaders believe that the Trump administration is seeking to reduce their negotiating leverage by enabling ships to transit through the strait without coordinating with Iran.
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