Naval piercing: strait shooting in Iran war

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Jason Palmer.

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  Today on the show how an influencer's message to Vladimir Putin has resonated,

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  and the costs to health of India's street noise.

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  But first.

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  If nothing else, you have to appreciate the branding attempt.

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  On Sunday, the Trump administration announced Project Freedom,

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  a bid to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.

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  When it came into force yesterday, it immediately ran into trouble with aggression from both sides.

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  The oil price roller coaster lurched up again.

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  This morning, Brent crude is at about $114.

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  It's not peace, but it's not out-and-out war either, yet.

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  America and Iran have drifted into a dangerous and unsustainable stalemate.

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  Greg Carlstrom is a Middle East correspondent for The Economist.

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  We're three weeks into the American blockade of Iranian shipping in the Strait of Hormuz

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  and that was never going to be a situation that could stay as it was indefinitely.

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  Someone was going to be tempted to try to escalate the war to break this stalemate.

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  And the events that took place in the region on Monday are a sign

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  that we're getting closer and closer to that point.

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