BBC: War has taught Iran how to use Hormuz Strait as a weapon

And now we've come to a point where the Iranian regime and the Americans, through the mediators, made this deal by talking to each other essentially as equals.

We're looking at an empowered Iranian regime that had the biggest nightmare of America and Israelis aiming to change the regime. They made it. It didn't happen.

Iran has spent billions of dollars over the years first on its nuclear programme, which it has always denied to provide a nuclear weapon and also to build its regional allies' network, starting with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

But what they've discovered is that the closure of the Hormuz Strait is much cheaper and much more powerful. It is a weapon that can really be used, unlike the threat of a nuclear weapon, which has to do with prevention, writes BBC.

Only by launching a few missiles to several oil tankers can Iran close the Hormuz Strait again if it wants to, and everyone knows that. And this is something that has to empower the regime in Tehran.

Let's not forget that Iran has suffered extremely serious shocks. There are billions of dollars in damage to repair. So, in fact, the economic incentives involved in the Memorandum of Understanding may move him to think: Let us reach a nuclear agreement.