The Trump administration’s plan in the Strait of Hormuz hinged on a combination of
<><>clandestine military operations
<><>and financial incentives.
The primary factors that made it work included:
The “Southern Highway”: The U.S. military orchestrated a secret operation allowing commercial vessels to bypass Iranian-approved lanes by using a safe, alternative route closer to Omani waters. Shuttle tankers navigated this route in the dark with their transmitters off to avoid Iranian interference.-—— CBS
Clandestine U.S. Escorts: U.S. Central Command, utilizing destroyers, aircraft, and unmanned platforms, secretly assisted hundreds of commercial ships and over 100 million barrels of oil in safely transiting the strait. —— CBC
Financial Negotiations: The U.S. and Iran agreed to an interim peace pact that temporarily halted fighting. As part of the diplomatic framework, Iran was offered billions of dollars in unfrozen funds in exchange for relinquishing toll demands and guaranteeing safe passage for commercial shipping for an initial 60 days. ——The New York Times
For further details on how the operation was managed, read
the full CNBC report or review the Atlantic Council analysis.
And why don’t you provide links if you want people to review these as you suggest?
WRT Iranian frozen assets in international accounts, following the imposition of sanctions
that began in 1979, they are said to be worth between $100-120 billion in the late 2010s.
Almost $2 billion of Iran’s assets are frozen in the United States.
According to the Congressional Research Service, in addition to the money locked up in foreign bank accounts, Iran’s frozen assets include real estate and other property. The estimated value of Iran’s real estate in the U.S. and their accumulated rent is $50 million.
Besides the assets frozen in the U.S., some parts of Iran’s assets are frozen around the world by the United Nations. As of January 2021, Iran had frozen assets in the following countries:
<><>$7 billion in South Korea;
<><>$6 billion in Iraq;
<><>$20 billion in China;
<><>$1.5 billion in Japan;
<><>$1.6 billion in Luxembourg.