> Iran can absolutely close the Straight. <
They don’t even have completely close the Straight. A few more attacks, and ship insurance costs will go through the roof. And so the price of everything those ships carry will go through the roof.
Lots of pain delivered to the West at a relatively low cost to Iran.
The wild card is what Biden and his handlers will do. This being an election year, any crazy thing is possible.
We can’t even stop the Houthis! The Houthis don’t have Fattah hypersonic missiles either.