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‘One step away from war’: Trump launches Project Freedom to open the Strait of Hormuz

‘One step away from war’: Trump launches Project Freedom to open the Strait of Hormuz

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The Telegraph’s defence, security and foreign affairs podcast covering the conflict in Iran

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Is the US-Iran war about to restart amid escalating tensions in
the Strait of Hormuz?

Donald Trump has launched Project Freedom - a US Navy mission to
break the Iranian blockade imposed since the beginning of the
war. However, while the White House has framed the escort of
neutral vessels as a “humanitarian gesture”, Tehran sees it as an
escalation. Iran has fired missiles and drones at ships and an
oil port in the UAE, and today says it is “just getting
started”.

Roland Oliphant and chief foreign affairs commentator David Blair
discuss the latest updates and why both sides are now likely
locked in a downward spiral, putting us “one step” away from
renewed all-out fighting.

Plus, former US Navy submariner Bryan Clark, director of the
Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at the Hudson
Institute, explains why America must put more force into the
Strait of Hormuz if it wants to win against a patient enemy like
Iran. He also talks through Iran’s remaining naval capabilities,
from midget subs to fast boats.

Highlights

Why Trump’s Project Freedom will fail without more force

An ex-US Navy submariner on what it will take to reopen the
Strait of Hormuz

CONTRIBUTORS:

Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst
@RolandOliphant

David Blair, chief foreign affairs commentator @davidblairdt

Bryan Clark, senior fellow Hudson Institute @clarkdefense

CONTENT REFERENCED:

Trump has finally realised he must seize the Strait of Hormuz

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/04/trump-finally-realised-seize-the-strait-of-hormuz/

Producer: Peter Shevlin

Executive Producers: Venetia Rainey & Louisa Wells

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