Donald Trump was left wrong-footed on Saturday 18 April after Iran's military leadership declared that control of the Strait of Hormuz had reverted to 'its previous state,' just hours after Trump had publicly claimed Tehran had agreed never to close the vital waterway again.
This followed a flurry of overnight statements from both sides that, taken together, read less like a carefully choreographed diplomatic breakthrough and more like a public tug of war over who is really calling the shots in the world's most sensitive shipping lane.
