Iran war live: Iran says Hormuz remains closed despite Oman route deal

We have more from Joey Hood, former US envoy to Tunisia.He said that shipping companies appear to be accepting the risk of transiting the Strait of Hormuz rather than halting operations.“They can’t shoot all of our ships, so let’s just send them through and accept the risk that we’re going to lose one or two from time to time,” Hood told Al Jazeera, describing the calculation of the countries and companies involved. He added that they “are not going to accept Iran’s new regional order”.Hood said that carrier deployments have returned to normal after an extended stint in the region.“The United States usually has 10 or 11 aircraft carriers deployed around the world or in scheduled maintenance,” he said, noting they typically “rotate every six months or so”.He said the USS Abraham Lincoln’s deployment had been an exception, extending “several months beyond that normal schedule, because Donald Trump launched the war in late February”.With carriers now back on a standard rotation, Hood said the underlying pressure campaign remains durable.“The naval blockade and the economic sanctions are things that the US government can continue to do almost cost-free to itself and to its people for a very long time,” he said, pointing out that sanctions have “been in place for more than 40 years” and have “gotten tougher and more comprehensive over time”.