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Posted on 04/17/2026 5:21:37 PM PDT by McGruff
The speaker of Iran’s Parliament, Mohammad-Bagher Qalibaf, said Friday that Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz again amid the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports, contradicting President Trump, who said the strait was “open for business” earlier in the day.
His remarks came as Trump was on stage delivering a speech in Arizona at a Turning Point USA event.
“With the continuation of the blockade, the Strait of Hormuz will not remain open,” Qalibaf wrote in a post on social platform X, adding that passage through the strait will be “conducted based on the ‘designated route’ and with Iranian authorization.”
“Whether the strait is open or closed and the regulations governing it will be determined by the field, not by social media,” he continued.
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Everyone seems to be going back and forth so who’s telling the truth?
First of all, its NOT up to Iran to open or close anything, its not their damn Strait, PERIOD..so if they want to play games we can bomb their asses to oblivion. Besides, they are currently hanging female protestors something has to be done about that
You forgot the /S
And I was just planning my next cruise.
Strait of Hormuz ‘completely open’ as Trump celebrates tumbling oil prices, rips into NATO as ‘Paper Tiger’
Time to turn out the lights on these crazy mofos.
Saye do what?
I really don’t agree with Non Americans
determining our fuel prices.
That’s a Democrat thing.
Close it!
I’m in Hawaii.
Given our military facilities
it is the last place you want
to mess
with.
Most vehicle fuel comes from California.
Fuel for electricity mostly comes from
Indonesia.
Most all my food is locally, naturally produced.
My beer is made in WA state.
Tell me why I should worry about Europe’s
fuel supply?
If nothing else, they have more of a claim to it than we do.
so if they want to play games we can bomb their asses to oblivion
They only started to "play games" with the Strait precisely because we decided to "bomb their asses to oblivion."
Prior to said bombing, the Strait was open.
The never ending joys of foreign entanglements.
You forgot to add “We only started bombing them when they boasted of being weeks away from having nukes”. We do not “claim” the strait, just claim we’ll keep it OPEN regardless of what Iran wants.
Is that a problem for you?
Oh, for f”cks sake. Enough already. Just bomb the M’fers into oblivion and get on with it!!!
“The never ending joys of foreign entanglements.”
Are you “America First” or “America ONLY”? If the latter, how do you plan to keep the USA safe?
Thinkin’ someone...Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, Rogers and Hart, Irving Berlin...should’ve written a song and a great singer like Manilow, Sinatra or even maybe Fred Astaire should’ve sung it. A song about ‘The Strait of Hormuz’...
Imagine. Gay guy falls for a very handsome, charismatic straight guy. Love is not returned, he’s a hetero. The ‘The Straight of Hormuz’.
Maybe it’s the wine talkin’...
In the words of Booger from Revenge of the Nerds, “I say we just blow the f******* up “
““With the continuation of the blockade, the Strait of Hormuz will not remain open,” Qalibaf wrote”
Back at you Qalibaf:
If the Strait of Hormuz will not remain open, the blockade will continue.
I’m America First. With all this Strait instability that the admin started, we are now less safe than before this entanglement.
Who in Iran is saying this? Their leaders, their media, or some random guy on a street in Tehran?
A.O.C, is that you??...these idiots have threatened those Straits for years...theyll think twice before they ever do that again.
Take out Iranian refineries Ukrainian style.
That would mean Iran would have no domestic oil revenue. Since the ships aren’t sailing out of the Gulf, Iran isn’t getting much toll or export revenue.
Iran would have to buy refined products off Iraq, making oil products an expense and not a profit center.
Soon, only the connected would be able to ride in cars.
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