It really does seem that neither the American administration nor the Revolutionary Guards/mullahs are interested in returning to the status quo ante bellum.
If wary but possibly curious reader is so inclined, May 12's So A Sea Captain And A Cambridge Don Came To The Same Realization: "The Hormuz Hypothesis" may be of interest.
Just kidding about Secretary of State Rubio, last I heard he was either being proposed for the Clacton by-election or shopping for extermination-camp-guard tattoos to run for the Maine Senate seat.
From Yahoo Finance, July 8:
'We may just do it without a deal': Trump muses about new blockade in Strait of Hormuz, taking over Kharg Island
President Trump suggested on Wednesday that the apparent end of the ceasefire deal with Iran could quickly escalate and floated a return to a US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the US taking over the crucial Kharg Island oil hub, and new attacks.
"We'll probably hit them hard again tonight," Trump said during an appearance in Turkey alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, adding later, "because they deserve it."
"We may put it back," the president said of the US blockade of the strait, which previously barred Iranian ships from transiting the waterway.
Trump promised it would "only be a blockade for Iran," but acknowledged that Iran's own attacks on ships and apparent mining efforts remain a challenge for shippers....
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