WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on July 19, 2026, by Michael Doran, director and senior fellow at the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, to the Free Press:

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What the U.S. and Iran Are Fighting Over

The terms of a deal to end the war are being thrashed out in the skies above the Strait of Hormuz.