US Senator Murphy: I'm Ready to Back a 'Bad Deal' to End the War and Reopen the Strait of Hormuz

US Senator Chris Murphy, a senior Democrat, said Sunday, 18 Mordad 1405 (August 9, 2026), according to Tasnim (reflected by Donya-e-Eqtesad), that the cost of reopening the Strait of Hormuz is rising by the day, and that he is ready to support a "bad deal" to end the war with Iran because, in his view, the only option currently available is an "extremely bad and disastrous" one. Murphy said the United States has grown weaker and Iran stronger during the war, and that prolonging it keeps raising Washington's cost of reopening the strait. He described the deal reportedly on the table as one that would pay Iran $100 billion a year to reopen the strait. These figures and characterizations reflect the senator's own description of the proposed terms and have not been officially confirmed by the US or Iranian governments.