{"id":21070,"date":"2026-05-05T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/21070\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:55:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:55:03","slug":"iran-war-is-trumps-project-freedom-doomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/21070\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran war: is Trump\u2019s \u2018Project Freedom\u2019 DOOMED?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Iran war: is Trump\u2019s \u2018Project Freedom\u2019 DOOMED?\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3-fZnhNoDeQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nIran war: is Trump\u2019s \u2018Project Freedom\u2019 DOOMED?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe first ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz as part of Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cProject Freedom\u201d, a US-led operation to escort commercial ships after Iran\u2019s blockade disrupted global oil supplies and stranded hundreds of vessels. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Tehran has warned it will treat any unauthorised military presence in the strait as a hostile act, and America says there has been some \u2018low level kinetic\u2019 activity in the Strait &#8211; despite reports of renewed backchannel diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>So is this a masterstroke from Trump &#8211; break Iran\u2019s stranglehold on the Strait while devastating Tehran\u2019s economy with his own blockade? Or is this whole endeavour doomed to fail? <\/p>\n<p>On this episode of TrumpWorld Matt Frei and Anushka Asthana are joined by analyst Trita Parsi who is co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran war: is Trump\u2019s \u2018Project Freedom\u2019 DOOMED? 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