AdvertisementIran's military and civil leadership has a long history of making outrageous demands, and this seems no exception. The United States isn't going to buy any of this. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Iran’s demands. Iran effectively closed the strait in retaliation for being attacked by the United States and Israel in February. AdvertisementHere in the United States, we tend to think of history in terms of hundreds of years.