All right, Alexander, let's talk about the situation with the war in Iran and the blockade of the blockade, of the blockade of the blockade of the strait of Hormuz.

And Trump, once again, talking about some easing of the blockade or the opening of the blockade, magically opening, and China's

going to give him a big hug when they meet in May, I believe May 14th.

Trump is set to visit Beijing.

And no more weapons from China to Iran is what the US president claims.

He's sorted it all out, the art of the deal.

What's going on?

Well, it's interesting that he's increasingly talking about China because China is indeed

becoming much more heavily involved now in the whole conflict. But just briefly, on this

situation, we still have this ceasefire in place, though it ends next week. There is still very tonic

control by Iran of the Strait of Hormuz.

I've given up trying to work out what's happening with the American Sea blockade, whether it's

working or not working.

There's so many stories about this from different people that I'm not sure whether ships are leaving Iran and going to China or not.

All I will say is that Trump talks about easing the blockade one moment, he's tightening

it the next, we've had all sorts of things of that kind. But none of this is changing the underlying reality,

which is that the government in Iran remains in control,

and it continues to control the Strait of Hormuz.

Now, two days ago, the Russian Security Council, which remembers the top policymaking body in Russia,

the one to which the Russian intelligence community report, they published their own

analysis, their own commentary about the situation. They made precisely these points

that the government in Iran is in full control, that opposition to the government, as they put

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