Agreed. They are acting like pirates and gangsters trying to get a piece of the action. Comical if it weren't true.
Posted on 04/09/2026 9:16:35 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
As the ceasefire began, Tehran was already reshaping the terms of the agreement to its advantage rather than adhering to its spirit. On Wednesday, Tehran only allowed 12 cargo tankers to pass through the strait.
This sharply contrasts with pre-conflict levels, when more than 100 vessels could transit the strategic waterway daily.
With Vice President JD Vance in Islamabad on Friday for direct negotiations with Iran
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Exactly.
We should consider showing them what nuclear warheads are all about.
Rubio makes this CRUCIAL POINT.
He emphasized that preventing such measures would likely require a coordinated international response, particularly from countries most dependent on the strait.
The Strait will NOT be opened UNLESS we see and get cooperation from the parties most affected by the closure.
We defanged the regime with help of Israel.
It's time for others to put skin in the game.
Agreed. They are acting like pirates and gangsters trying to get a piece of the action. Comical if it weren't true.
They can split the tolls with Oman. Let’s see. 100 ships/day charging $1 million equals $100 million. Divide it by half and they get $50 million/day. They’re gonna need a lot more than that to rebuild their country.
They’d probably double the tolls unannounced. All the more reason for us to fill the vacuum. We’re more dependable.
Will the people rise? Ferdinand Marcos had his supporters. Now his son runs the corrupt place. If they don’t rise it will acknowledge there are too any crazies there and Obama was right not helping out in ‘09.
They aren’t pulling anything on President Trump. I think he knew they wouldn’t respect the ceasefire. He was kind of obligated by a lot of his own people here to sign on to it. But I believe he will continue to “take care of business” when necessary..
**We defanged the regime with help of Israel. It’s time for others to put skin in the game.**
I’ll watch.
**What Iran is doing is no different then the Barbary Pirates.**
Fine-Europe disn’t help us back then.
**We should definitely go to war to maintain a free passage for all nations.”**
What’s this WE?
How are the tolls charged by the Iranians being paid? That is, by what means does the transaction take place? Given the almost universal sanctions, it is unlikely that there are any correspondent banks willing to get involved. Payment in oil does not seem practical because how would Iran export it under the present circumstances and it has as much oil as it can sell anyway. Any direct credit transaction could certainly be reversed or blocked once the ship has passed. Payment in gold or cash would seem to be the only way possible, but that is ridiculous.
“On the other side of the equation, the Arab gulf states have had 47 years to plan for this. Not building pipelines like Saudi Arabia is on them. Even building a canal thru UAE to bypass the SOH is a better alternative than the mess we have now.”
WIKI
Habshan–Fujairah oil pipeline, also known as “Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline (ADCOP)”, is an oil pipeline in the United Arab Emirates. It starts from the Habshan onshore field in Abu Dhabi and runs to Fujairah on the Gulf of Oman.
The pipeline was ordered by the International Petroleum Investment Company as a strategic instrument in order to increase the security of supply, and reduce dependence on oil transportation through the Strait of Hormuz.
it became operational in June 2012.
The 48-inch (1,200 mm) pipeline is 360 kilometres (220 mi) long, of which 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) is an offshore section.
The pipeline has a capacity of 1.5 million barrels per day (~7.5×107 t/a).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habshan%E2%80%93Fujairah_oil_pipeline
That gets UAE oil out. The Saudis have a pipeline to the Red Sea that get much of Saudi oil out.
Iran will allow its own oil to be shipped to China, and allegedly Iraq’s too.
That leaves Kuwaiti oil, some of which might be sold to Iraq so more Iraqi oil can be sent out.
And there’s the option of running pumps around the world faster. That might result in less oil from a well, but the reduced amount is fetching about 50% above pre-war prices.
When Italian mobsters charge business tolls, everybody gets upset....but a muslim terrorist state....
Some people just can’t get the context and want to pick a fight. I know what you meant.
During the 1970s, neither Iran nor Oman attempted to impede the passage of warships, but in the 1980s, both countries asserted claims that were different from customary (old) law. Upon ratifying UNCLOS in 1989, Oman submitted declarations confirming its 1981 royal decree that only innocent passage is permitted through its territorial sea. The declarations further asserted that prior permission was required before foreign warships could pass through Omani territorial waters.
Upon signing the convention in 1982, Iran entered a declaration stating "that only states parties to the Law of the Sea Convention shall be entitled to benefit from the contractual rights created therein", including "the right of transit passage through straits used for international navigation". In 1993, Iran enacted a comprehensive law on maritime areas, provisions of which conflict with UNCLOS provisions, including a requirement that warships, submarines, and nuclear-powered ships obtain permission before exercising innocent passage through Iran's territorial waters. The U.S. does not recognize any of the claims by Oman and Iran and has contested each of them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
Bitcoin
Are you aware of President Trump's counter to the tolls?
When the idea was first floated, President Trump was saying that countries could pay $2 million to Iran as protection to traverse the Strait, or they could pay $2 million to the United States to be securely escorted through the Strait, with insurance. Who's treasury would you prefer to give your $2 million to?
Trump was asking, "Do you want to pay the terrorists or do you want to build partnerships with the United States?"
I don't know if this was actually implemented (I'd think the Democrats in the Senate would block it because it could work), but it might be something that is still on the table.
-PJ
Who’s interfering? We’re taking over!
I wonder how long it would take Saudi Arabia to build a pipeline or canal to either offload and pipe oil through it, or travel through a canal- it would cut several hundred miles off their trip
And they could charge a legit toll
Actually Bitcoin and Chinese yuan,,,,,they are bypassing Western Banks.
I think that the mullahs negotiating the “deal” are not the
same as the people holding the Strait hostage. Trump has so
battered the command and control structure of Iran that the
local commanders stationed at Hormuz are taking things into
their own hands and charging ‘tolls’ for safe passage. The
‘tell’ is that they are demanding payment in cash or bitcoin.
They are the Persian Gulf version of the Somali pirates.
Just my opinion...
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