Explained: Who really controls the Strait of Hormuz?

Editor's Note: For the latest updates on how US-Iran hostilities have escalated since a 14-point deal was signed on June 12, follow the Khaleej Times live blog.] The Strait is open. The Strait is closed. Over the last four months, one of the biggest tensions of the US-Iran war has been the wrangling over of the Hormuz, a waterway so central to world economy its disruption sparked a global energy crisis but whose importance most were blissfully unaware of before February 28. Since the war broke o