US-Iran MoU expiry won't change Hormuz standoff: Analysis

The memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran is set to expire on Monday. Still, former senior US diplomat Alan Eyre told Al Jazeera that “it doesn't make much of a difference” as both sides “violated it almost the moment after it was signed.” He said the US is blockading Iranian ports. At the same time, Iran keeps the Strait of Hormuz closed, and that Iran's leadership, which he described as “more hardline, more radical” than its predecessor, has decided to “increase the p