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Strait of Hormuz is now Iran's main negotiating card: Analysis

Al Jazeera English

July 11, 2026

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Nicholas Hopton, former UK ambassador to Qatar and Iran and a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, joins Al Jazeera’s live from London. He says rising tensions between Washington and Tehran stem largely from competing interpretations of the post-war memorandum of understanding, particularly regarding the Strait of Hormuz, which he argues has become Iran's strongest source of leverage in negotiations, overshadowing the nuclear issue for now. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile #Iran #USIran #StraitOfHormuz #MiddleEast #Diplomacy #OilPrices #NuclearTalks #Qatar #Oman #AlJazeeraEnglish

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