Mohsen Rezaei

Force in Play

Replaced Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr as Iran's top security official on August 9, 2026, amid the standoff over Hormuz reopening conditions

The 60-day window set by the June Islamabad memorandum expired the week of August 17 without an extension from either side. Hormuz traffic fell to single-digit daily crossings: as few as three vessels on some days, against about 120 before the war. Roughly 520 commercial ships sit stuck inside the Gulf, and Iran's oil exports through the strait have dropped 94%.

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