# Malley: US Needs Clear Strategy for Iran Conflict

https://mins.news/en/video/21310

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-08-13 13:54 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VCWhFMtvY0

> Robert Malley, a former U.S. special envoy for Iran and an International Crisis Group official, says the situation around the Strait of Hormuz could last indefinitely or become permanent. He criticizes shifting U.S. aims in the region, which moved from regime change to containing Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, then controlling the strait and now seemingly keeping it closed.

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