Is the US-Iran Deal a Ceasefire in Name Only (CINO)?
Grinfi Political Risk Brief
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Here are the key issues that are expected to shape political risk this week.
Is the Islamabad Memorandum already dead? Aside from the political optics, was it ever alive in substance to begin with? These are the questions many are asking as the US-Iran ceasefire, barely three weeks old, took on water. President Trump declared the truce "over" on July 7, after Iranian strikes hit three tankers near the Strait of Hormuz. He softened the line a day later, saying he didn't want a return to full-scale war. BUT, as is customary with Trump, that softening didn't last either.
Situation as of this morning. The Strait of Hormuz is closed for the


