Before Donald Trump’s latest ultimatum to Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz expires on Easter Monday, military experts on both sides of the Atlantic are weighing the chances of American deployment of ground troops to the Persian Gulf. The target is the oil terminal on the island of Kharg as well as Iranian coastal strips along the strait as well as several islands disputed between the mullahs’ regime and the United Arab Emirates. An international coalition led by Britain wants to present a plan next week to make the international waterway freely navigable again after the end of the US-Israeli war.
