> Long-Shot US-Iran Peace Deal as the Only Path to Hormuz Normalization
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A comprehensive US-Iran war-ending agreement remains a tail outcome given the ongoing strike cycle and collapsed nuclear talks. If it happens, it is the main mechanism that could normalize Hormuz shipping, dismantle Iran's toll regime and produce an enrichment commitment.
// Cascade Logic
Continued negotiation rounds → war-ending agreement → Hormuz normalization, toll rescission and enrichment commitment (fork outward from one source)
// Causal Graph
// Evidence Base
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A signed deal would end attacks on shipping and lower war-risk premiums. However, insurers and operators may lag, and only days separate the two deadlines.
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A war-ending agreement would likely include nuclear terms. An enrichment halt or commitment is the central US condition.
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Freedom of navigation would almost certainly be a core US demand in any comprehensive settlement, so the toll system would have to be dismantled.
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A comprehensive deal needs a working negotiation channel. Further talk rounds are a necessary but insufficient precondition.