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Posted on 04/02/2026 8:12:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the future of the Strait of Hormuz should be decided by Iran and Oman, describing the waterway as lying within the two countries' waters...
He added that the strait "can be a waterway of peace" for safe passage, but said ensuring maritime security and environmental protection would require a joint mechanism between the coastal states.
While parts of the strait fall within the territorial waters of Iran and Oman, it is classified as an international strait, granting ships and aircraft the right of transit passage under international law.
The Strait of Hormuz is a critical global shipping route that has been severely disrupted by the Middle East war. In peacetime, roughly a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) flows through the waterway.
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Playing for time.
Yeah, and let's have the fat kid guard the pie.
bttt
They don’t own shit outside their own borders. A crucial international waterway cannot be allowed to be controlled by one nation.
TFG...
Not going to happen. The SOR is about to become the Strait of America.
SOH
The Iranian foreign minister speaks for exactly whom?
EXACTLY-—BUT MAYBE THEY ARE FINDING OUT THEY CANNOT SCREW WITH THE OIL GOING TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
THAT IS ALOT OF $$$$$$$$$$ THEY DEPEND ON.
My money’s on Iran. Think about it.
“Playing for time.”
And they have it. When you try to deal with a country that doesn’t care if it is destroyed and/or they die, as that is rewarded, then they can go until they are cold at which time other people step in to die extending the game. Stopping countries like this are not win/win situations. They are putting out small fires. The only way to stop it is to level the whole playing field. Not economically possible as you see what has transpired with the threats of just the strait and how the petroleum industry has mishandled it and will get away with it.
wy69
No. We don't need the headache. There are 40 countries meeting in the UK to address the situation.
https://apnews.com/article/hormuz-strait-shipping-summit-uk-iran-ca2c6af551df98c81a39f2137e417856
What are the obstacles to the US clearing the Iranian side of all troops?
We’d have to clear the Iranian “side” all the way back to whatever missiles’ range they end up with. 1% of the inventory Iran started out with would still be a problem. (Actually, they’d need a handful of surviving launchers, too.)
Holding it after you “cleared it.” Takes a lot more troops to hold a piece of territory. And with ranged weapons, you’d probably have to push on to the first mountain range just to keep their launchers out of range.
We can see from the fighting in Ukraine that the weaker side can bleed the attacker by using fairly inexpensive drones.
Oman isn’t on the other side of the Strait of Hormuz. The UAE, Dubai specifically, is.
You sound surprised that the foreign minister of the mullahs would lie.
What are the obstacles to the US clearing the Iranian side of all troops?
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Mountains, Missiles and Drones, not to mention several 100 thousand troops.
OK good point to all of you. Essentially destroying Iran’s military capability is a prerequisite to keeping the strait open?
Important point for me holding a number of oil company shares. I did lighten up a bit today.
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