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US intelligence: Iran can now close the Strait of Hormuz 'at will', and a deal is on the table anyway

A new US-Iran deal has frozen the Strait of Hormuz in place, but the same memorandum leaves Tehran free to close it again at will. The story is what both halves of that sentence mean together.

Adrian Kowalczyk · Monexus Geopolitics desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·16 Jun 2026
A political cartoon illustration shows a masked figure emerging from a blue map-shaped form, grabbing the cloth of a table bearing U.S. and Iranian flags.
A political cartoon illustration shows a masked figure emerging from a blue map-shaped form, grabbing the cloth of a table bearing U.S. and Iranian flags. @tasnimnews_en · Telegram

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  • [telegram:DDGeopolitics] BREAKING: Leader of Iran Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei statement on the Iran-US MoU, 2026-06-18
  • [x:middleeasteye] "CENTCOM has allowed north of a dozen ships to go through our naval blockade…", US Vice President JD Vance, 2026-06-18
  • [x:middleeasteye] The US and Iran signed a deal this week, but no binding treaty exists yet, 2026-06-18
  • [x:middleeasteye] With elections expected in Israel in the coming months, the US-Iran deal could carry significant domestic political consequences for Netanyahu, 2026-06-18
  • [telegram:DDGeopolitics] ISRAEL WILL NOT HONOR THE MoU, Israeli forces advancing on southern Lebanese positions, 2026-06-18
  • [telegram:alalamfa] Qalibaf's message to the Supreme Leader: We put His Highness's orders as our goal, 2026-06-18
  • [x:sprinterpress] TRUMP LOST, US administration pushing for Iranian settlement under domestic agenda pressure, 2026-06-18
  • [x:sprinterpress] Mojtaba Khamenei stated he gave permission to sign a memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran, 2026-06-18
  • [telegram:osintlive] Nuno Felix retweet of Brett Erickson on the failed blockade and economic warfare campaign, 2026-06-18

Desk note: Monexus has reported the new Iranian capability and the deal together rather than separately because, taken together, they describe the strategic problem more accurately than either does alone.

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