# Who is actually in full control of the Strait of Hormuz?

https://mins.news/en/video/35688

- TRT World, 2026-08-28 13:22 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9hGlcpA_vA

> Rami Khouri, a Distinguished Public Policy Fellow at the American University of Beirut, says the United States and Iran both need to end their standoff over the Strait of Hormuz. Yet each believes it can outlast the other, even as the economic pain on both sides grows.

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