On February 28, what began as Donald Trump’s “dream” project to topple Iran’s regime under Ali Khamenei now appears to have shifted into a pressing push for a “deal”, a term the US president frequently invokes, aimed at reopening the vital oil chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz.
The narrow waterway in Gulf had been effectively choked off by raging Tehran after American-Israeli strikes that also eliminated Khamenei, the country’s longest-serving Supreme Leader on day 1.
