Iran Just Pulled Off a Strategic Master Stroke in the Strait of Hormuz — and the World’s Most Important Oil Route May Never Be the Same
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Brent M. Eastwood
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National Security JournalIran Just Pulled Off a Strategic Master Stroke in the Strait of Hormuz — and the World’s Most Important Oil Route May Never Be the Samenationalsecurityjournal.orgIran has turned the Strait of Hormuz — the waterway carrying a fifth of the world's oil — into a chokehold. It's clogged with sea mines, ships are stranded waiting for permission to pass, and Tehran is moving to charge a toll on every vessel that crosses. Trump promised the strait would stay open, but analysts warn Iran has created a new order it now controls, and Washington may have little choice but to accept it. The knock-on effect could land at American gas pumps and store shelves.
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