Iran’s leadership has made a high-stakes calculation in its showdown with President Trump: maintaining control over the Strait of Hormuz is a nonnegotiable red line.

Iran’s leadership has made a high-stakes calculation in its showdown with President Trump: maintaining control over the Strait of Hormuz is a nonnegotiable red line. Link Iran Is Staking Everything on Controlling the Strait of Hormuz Tehran’s hard-line approach threatens to destroy its economy and relations with its neighbors. It is willing to take the risk.