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Posted on 05/25/2026 8:34:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The U.S. and Iran are reportedly in the process of working out a deal to end hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump assured people he wasn't going to make the mistakes of the Obama Iran deal, and has placed focus on getting the highly enriched uranium to deter the nuclear threat. In fact, he was even pursuing a broader peace across the region, asking other countries like Saudi Arabia to sign on to the Abraham Accords once the Iran deal is finalized.
This also may have pushed Iran to try to clean up its language when it comes to its idea of charging tolls for transiting the Strait of Hormuz. So the regime just came up with a slick move that sounds like a move Democrats would make.
Vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz will need to pay fees for “navigational services,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday.
Such payments for transiting the waterway were not tolls, he said at a press briefing.
“The services that are provided, navigational services, in addition to the measures necessary to protect the environment of the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf, and the Sea of Oman, require the collection of certain fees,” Baghaei said, adding that Tehran was “not seeking to collect tolls.”
Oh, so they'll scream "environmental fees" like Democrats to get money, leaving out that the only environmental problem is the Iranian regime stopping and attacking ships. Oh, and maybe the regime is possibly releasing oil into the Persian Gulf because they've run out of storage capacity.
They're desperate for money with how much they've been crushed, and they want to establish, officially, that they have control over the Strait.
The New York Times is reporting they're in talks with Oman about it. The Strait involves the territorial waters of Iran and Oman.
Bottom line, though, it doesn't matter what you call it; it's still basically trying to hold people up.
Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), all ships have the right to unfettered passage, and states cannot charge for it or impede it, even if it is in their territorial waters. While Iran is not a signatory to UNCLOS, Oman is, and Iran still can't do it even if they haven't signed it. Oman has already said they would not charge tolls because they'd agreed to UNCLOS, so it remains to be seen if that report from the NY Times is correct. The allure of the money might attract Oman, but it would not make their neighbors happy with them.
Meanwhile, the U.S. and many other nations have spoken out previously against any efforts to charge. And they can't have Iran have control over it, as this episode with their bad behavior has demonstrated. But it's so typical of Iran when they realized they had to walk back tolls, to try to repackage it into something more legally palatable.
But that's not going to fly either.
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Yeah, that sounds like paying protection money to the mob.
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Like I said last week, Iran hasn’t honored one agreement since 1977. No reason to think they would start now. Time to tighten the noose.
Welcome to negotiating with Persians. They will stretch out the talks......
They are well aware restarting the war would be a nightmare for both sides
They’re stalling until November because they know that the war is unpopular and the Midterms are coming up.
This is unacceptable.
Are there not fees and charges for going through the Panama Canal?
Iran is not going to give it all that anymore than they’re going to give in and give the United States or anyone else their nuclear material.
I think you mean 1979. The shah was in power in 1977.
At its narrowest point, all of Hormuz (BTW, it’s spelled “whore - mose”) falls either in Omani or Iranian waters.
However, under the the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Hormuz is considered an international strait, and ships generally have a right of “transit passage” through it.
Under UNCLOS, Iran may charge a fee for optional services, but cannot make passage conditioned on payment of the fee - the key here is: optional. But I think Iran can charge reasonable environmental (e.g. dredging) fees.
So, under UNCLOS, Hormuz is quite different from Panama or Suez.
But here is the catch: Iran never signed UNCLOS.
But really, negotiating against Persians is really, really tough. I’m an Iranian-American attorney, and I hate negotiating against Iranians.
And the rulers of Iran are especially slimey. Imagine the sleaziest used car salesman you can think of. Now imagine a drug addict who will say anything - lie, threaten, beg, or compliment - to get drug money. Now imagine a timeshare salesman. Now think of a divorce lawyer who got disbarred because of unethical behavior. Now think of the slick conman who does 3-card monte in touristy locations to fleece out-of-towners. Now think of some guy in a basement running the Nigerian Prince scam.
Now mix them up. That is the typical negotiator representing the rulers of Iran.
Just boob their asses already they don’t want a deal they only understood violence
They are not terrified of getting boobed. LOL
21st century Barbary Pirates
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), all ships have the right to unfettered passage
Hmm, globalists not enforcing their rules based order...
What does Egypt charge to transit the Suez canal?
I am getting way past tired of this koranimal waffling. PDJT should try to mafia approach ... “here is the treaty. Either you signature or your brains will be on that document very soon”
Sorry...fat fingers.
I believe canals are different because they have to be operated.
Or the pre emotive strikes are working...
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