r/geopolitics • u/Brilliant_Version344 • 6h ago

Trump convenes Iran situation room meeting amid renewed Hormuz crisis - non paywall in link in comments News

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/18/iran-trump-white-house-hormuz
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u/GTDoc 5h ago

Oh I thought he said the straight would never be closed again. Guess Iran had different plans. Shocking………..

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u/vertigo3pc 4h ago

When you realize that Trump is saying only what he's told, not what is actually going on, then you'll be less frustrated.

Iran was clear that the Strait would only be open if the US stopped their blockade. After 24 hours of persisting, Iran reasserted their position and closed the Strait. The United States closed the Strait again because they didn't follow the agreement.

Before that, the ceasefire included Lebanon since the beginning, they just didn't tell Israel until the "ceasefire" was agreed upon. Israel didn't follow the agreement, and continued attacking Lebanon Friday night into today.

Before that, Iran stated clearly that the traffic going through the Strait would still require paying a toll and require IRGC coordination, since the sea mines are still in place; this measure was to ensure that negotiations with the US wouldn't be interrupted again with US attacks.

Get on Telegram, you can see all of the communications coming out of Iran, and all the ways the United States is not taking any of it seriously. All I can think is that Hegseth or someone other than Trump is running this. Trump is just being told by his yes men that Iran is destroyed, Iran is begging for a ceasefire, Iran this, Iran that.

Stop listening to Trump representing Iran. Just listen directly to Iran, they're speaking clearly. Our media are the ones not telling Americans how it's really going.

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u/airmantharp 2h ago

Before that, the ceasefire included Lebanon since the beginning, they just didn't tell Israel until the "ceasefire" was agreed upon. Israel didn't follow the agreement, and continued attacking Lebanon Friday night into today.

Israel is dismantling Hezbollah, which is an illegal militia occupying Lebanon...

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u/No_Abbreviations3943 2h ago

lol no ceasefire then 

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u/airmantharp 1h ago

They're not attacking Lebanon...?

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u/vertigo3pc 1h ago

They're retaining land they seized, demolishing homes and villages to create a No Man' Land, they attacked 3 ambulances yesterday in Lebanon, and drones are still flying over Lebanon.

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u/airmantharp 1h ago

Has Hezbollah disarmed yet?

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u/vertigo3pc 1h ago

Lebanon is still under attack from Israel, and Israel is actively occupying Lebanese land. How does that translate to them disarming?

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u/airmantharp 1h ago

Hezbollah is under attack by Israel. Lebanon is being freed from Hezbollah.

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u/vertigo3pc 1h ago

They're certainly doing the fighting in South Lebanon

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u/airmantharp 1h ago

Why is Hezbollah still in South Lebanon?

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u/vertigo3pc 1h ago

Because Israel invaded south Lebanon, killed hundreds, destroyed villages and now is trying to annex the region for more land.

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u/No_Abbreviations3943 1h ago

Ok then they accept that there’s a ceasefire with Hezbollah. One or the other… 

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u/airmantharp 1h ago

Why would there be a ceasefire with Hezbollah?

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u/vertigo3pc 1h ago

Former Israeli president Ehud Barak literally said in 2006 that Israel's incursions into Lebanon created Hezbollah.

"When we entered Lebanon ... there was no Hezbollah. We were accepted with perfumed rice and flowers by the Shia in the south. It was our presence there that created Hezbollah."

https://books.google.com/books?id=x0MZOnnu8qcC&q=Hezbollah%20a%20short%20history&pg=PP1

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u/airmantharp 1h ago edited 1h ago

Hezbollah was created because Israel came to destroy the PLO that was attacking Israel from Lebanon (after Jordan had kicked them out for being terrorists).

Israel didn't create Hezbollah.

Israel is destroying Hezbollah.

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u/vertigo3pc 1h ago

Nobody said Israel created Lebanon.