Rubio\u2019s unease reflects a rare moment of clarity in a polarized West: if Iran turns the Strait of Hormuz into a tollbooth, the fallout will be global and immediate. Insurance costs would skyrocket, fragile economies could tip into crisis, and every tanker passing through that narrow corridor would become a potential flashpoint. Pakistan\u2019s shuttle diplomacy and the EU\u2019s targeted sanctions are less about punishment than buying time, trying to hold back a chain reaction nobody can fully control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet the same pressures that make compromise urgent also make it fragile. Israeli strikes and Hezbollah\u2019s defiance feed Tehran\u2019s sense of siege, while talk of an American \u201cPlan B\u201d signals that patience has limits. Between a humiliated Iran and an emboldened one lies a vanishingly small space for a deal. If that space collapses, the next move will not be made in a conference room, but on the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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