Who Controls Hormuz?

Washington believes it has taken control of the Strait of Hormuz, but in this episode we argue the oil is only flowing because Iran is allowing it. Alexander explains how China, Russia and the BRICS states quietly pushed Tehran to let tankers through, and why the Trump administration is reading that as Iranian weakness ahead of possible new strikes around the midterms. Is the White House walking into a trap set by Iran, Russia and China? The Duran: Episode 2639 00:00:00 Iran diplomacy collapses after UN General Assembly 00:02:21 Who really controls the Strait of Hormuz 00:04:29 BRICS brokered deal lets tankers through 00:07:40 Washington emboldened as diplomacy is seen as weakness 00:09:55 Why Saudi Arabia and UAE need oil moving 00:11:40 Russia and China differ on dealing with the US 00:14:35 Strikes on Iran before the midterms 00:17:05 Iran's economy and what a renewed conflict means 00:20:00 Did Russia and China set a trap 00:23:50 Support flowing to Iran and final thoughts **THE DURAN SHOP** https://theduranshop.com **REVERSE GEAR SHOP** Athleisure with Style https://reversegear.shop/ **THE DURAN COMMUNITY ON LOCALS** https://theduran.locals.com Join Now Get 1 Month Free Trial **OUR OFFICIAL CHANNELS** ALEXANDER:    / alexandermercourisreal   ALEX:    / alexchristoforou   **CRYPTO SUPPORT** BITCOIN: 3JvdnoyWMb93hSRgk58ZstUxg11PW9mKSr ETHEREUM: 0xF39BdFb41f639B82E3D2Bf022828bC6394F533A3 LTC: MGFiMC18ZViF6DcCixMqAAP11TG4tF6Acj EMC2: EXX4KK9pZLx7uiLWnCXtp7iMKjtq6o5b6R **DONATE** CREDIT CARD: https://donorbox.org/the-duran SUBSCRIBE STAR: https://subscribestar.com/theduran PATREON:   / theduran   **VIDEO** RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/theduran ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@theduran BITCHUTE: https://www.bitchute.com/theduran/ **AUDIO** SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/3pMrfPD APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/2H9Hk0a SOUNDCLOUD: https://bit.ly/354ASQ9 **FREE SPEECH** TELEGRAM: https://t.me/thedurancom X (Twitter): https://x.com/TheDuranReal?s=20 GAB: https://gab.ai/TheDuran MINDS: https://minds.com/theduran Amazing music contribution from Peter Brown. Follow Peter's music:   / peterboy100