This content originally appeared on Al Jazeera.
Iranian armed forces say they’ve closed the Strait of Hormuz after Israeli attacks on Lebanon – just days after an agreement with the US reopen it.
Disruption to the crucial waterway has had a huge economic impact worldwide.
- list 1 of 4Iran-US launch historic peace talks with 60-day roadmap
- list 2 of 4US-Iran negotiations in Switzerland kick off
- list 3 of 4Iran, US, Israel: Memorandum of misunderstanding?
- list 4 of 4Khamenei’s MoU stance stirs debate as Iran and US meet in Switzerland
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So, what happens next?
Presenter: Tom McRae
Guests:
Ian Ralby — Senior Fellow at the Center for Maritime Strategy and Associate Fellow with the International Law Programme at Chatham House
Mehran Kamrava — Professor of Government at Georgetown University in Qatar and Head of the Iranian Studies Unit at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Stavros Karamperidis — Associate Professor in Maritime Economics and Head of the Maritime Transport Research Group at the University of Plymouth
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