No, Iran is not winning: In Act IV of the war, it’s losing its leverage in Hormuz

   CNN Politics     |     Brett H. McGurk    |       Aug 30, 2026 Brett McGurk is a CNN global affairs analyst who served in senior national security positions under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. A conventional wisdom has begun to settle over the war with Iran: Iran […]

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