Victoria Coats asserts that reports from Iran's semi-official Mehr News Agency are not reliable news but rather a messaging tool for the Iranian regime to signal its desired deal terms to its own popu...

Saudi Arabia is developing the Petroline pipeline to create an alternative export route that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz.

The United Arab Emirates is building the Fujairah pipeline to circumvent the Strait of Hormuz.

A potential natural gas pipeline across the Arabian Peninsula is being discussed, which would give Qatar access to an alternative export route.

Victoria Coats believes that recent U.S. military actions, including bombing radar and missile sites and threatening Kharg Island, pressured Iran into seeking a deal to avoid irrecoverable damage.