Toni Waterman: US Correspondent on the US saying military ships have been sailing through the Strait of Hormuz

Renewed attacks by Iran and the United States threaten to see the war in the Middle East “spiralling out of control”. 

The ceasefire seems to be on shaky ground, but some experts are saying that despite the optics, they are progressing towards a peace deal.  

US Correspondent Toni Waterman told Ryan Bridge that proposals to end the war had been exchanged through the weekend. 

“But certainly this announcement by the President [Donald Trump] on Sunday to start guiding these ships through the Strait of Hormuz has opened up another area in this conflict because the strait is really Iran's main leverage point right now.” 

Trump’s new “Project Freedom” aims to help neutral commercial ships get out of the Persian Gulf, where they have been stranded by the closure of the Strait. 

Waterman said experts were warning that even if the US successfully guided those ships through the Strait, it would not be a permanent solution as they would not return as long as fighting continued. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So the UIA is in deceipting missiles and drones hitting
from Iran that are edited again. Why, Well, it's Trump's
Project Freedom, which aims to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
to have some US Navy destroyers and US flag merchant
ships sailing through the strait, which is starting to happen.
Tony Waterman, US correspondent, Future Story on News with US

(00:22):
this morning, Tony, what's the lightest to you?

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Well? President Trump just put a social media post out
saying that the US has destroyed seven Iranian fast boats
that have tried to interfere with this effort to guide
ships through the Strait of Muz. This is something that
Iran has denied, and in this social media post, the
President has also said that Iran has managed to damage

(00:46):
a South Korean cargo ship, suggesting that Soul come to
join this mission to reopen this vital waterway. But what
we have seen today is really this back and forth
of attacks not just at sea, but also on land.
The UAE the United Arab Emirates saying that they have
been responding to multiple drone and missile attacks, some of

(01:09):
those actually connecting wich structures on the ground there's been
a fire reported at a petroleum site in the country,
also damage to some structures. So this is really threatening
what is a pretty shaky cease fire at this point,
but also really risks spiraling this situation out of control

(01:30):
and entering a new front in this war.

Speaker 1 (01:32):
And we're seeing the price of oil respond to that.
What are the chances this thing blows out and we're
back to square one again? They're fighting well.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
I guess when you speak to certain experts, they'll say,
you know, despite the optics the way that everything looks
right now, we are in fact progressing towards a peace deal.
There are these conversations that are taking place in exchange
of proposals throughout the weekend, so there is discussion, there
is dialogue that is still taking place. But certainly this

(02:03):
announcement by the President on Sunday to start guiding these
ships through the Strait of Hormuz has opened up another
area in this conflict because the strait is really Iran's
main leverage point right now, so the US appears to
be trying to chip away at that by pushing these

(02:23):
boats through. But experts say that even if they're successful
in getting ships through, this waterway. This is not a
permanent solution to this problem because those ships are not
going to return if that area is not yet secure,
if there is still fighting taking place.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
Tony wodoman I, US correspondent, Great to have your analysis
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