Daily Maverick | 17.06.2026 06:06
The announcement at the weekend that peace is at hand in the Persian Gulf — or at least a memorandum of understanding is to be signed on Friday between representatives of the US and Iran that will stipulate the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened, the US blockade of Iranian ports will end, and petro-shipments can resume for the rest of the world — can give some modest hope that sanity will prevail.