Iran now issues permission slips for ships while Pakistan dispatches a field marshal to negotiate peace.
When diplomacy gets so complicated you send the guy whose job is winning wars to negotiate the peace.
▸ Wikipedia — Pakistan Army field marshal Asim Munir visits Tehran, Iran, in a effort to broker a ceasefire deal between Iran and the United States to end the war. (AFP via The Daily Star) (AxioThe Revolutionary Guard now files transit reports like a particularly militant harbor master.
▸ Wikipedia — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy reports that 35 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz with permission over the previous 24 hours. (Al Jazeera)A liquefied natural gas tanker crossing a strait qualifies as breaking news after two weeks of asking permission.
▸ Wikipedia — A Qatari liquefied natural gas tanker crosses the strait for the first time in nearly two weeks, bound from Ras Laffan to Tianjin, China. (Al Jazeera)