Iran throws down the gauntlet

No more cat and mouse

Ever since the ceasefire, the US and Iran have played a game of cat and mouse. A month ago, the FT reported that ‘the US launched ‘secret mission’ to help move crude through the waterway’. ‘The US first established a system of providing air cover to ships attempting to pass the strait via the Omani route some two weeks ago’, ie, at the end of May.