The Islamic Republic once again shut the strategic waterway due to what it described as US “piracy”.
Iran said the renewed restrictions on maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz are justified under international law and necessary to counter hostile actions, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei has said in an interview with Iranian media.
Iranian military officials said on Saturday that Tehran had reasserted “strict control” over the strategic route, which carries about 20% of global oil, citing the continued US blockade of its ports, just a day after declaring it open. The Revolutionary Guard Navy Command later said the strait would remain under Iranian military control as long as US restrictions stay in place.
“There was no safe and secure passage in this waterway,” Baqaei told RT on Saturday, adding that as a coastal state Iran has the right under international law to take measures against what it sees as hostile actions.
“We cannot allow enemy vessels, especially military ones or those linked to countries involved in aggression, to pass through the strait normally, as they pose a direct threat,” the spokesman stated.
The US-Israeli bombing campaign prompted Iran to restrict passage through the strait for “enemy ships,” triggering a breakdown in supply chains and sending global crude oil prices soaring.
Oil prices eased during the first round of US-Iran talks in Islamabad last weekend on hopes of the Strait reopening. After the negotiations collapsed, US President Donald Trump ordered a naval blockade on Iranian ports and shipping, prompting tankers to turn back and pushing prices back toward $100 a barrel.
On Friday, Iranian authorities said the waterway was fully open to commercial vessels for the remainder of the ten-day Israel–Lebanon ceasefire, lowering crude oil prices on de-escalation hopes. Tehran later reversed the decision after Trump said the US blockade of Iranian ports would remain in full force until a peace deal is reached.
The disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has triggered broad global economic ripple effects, with Europe facing higher fuel and energy costs due to reduced oil flows. The International Energy Agency has warned of rising market volatility and possible jet fuel shortages within six weeks if disruptions continue. Humanitarian organizations have also flagged growing risks to global food security as fertilizer and agricultural supply chains are affected.
Iran’s control of the straight is a demonstration of its power and moreover the leverage it has over the Fascists. Wonder what sort of low brow nonsense I’m going to get from the trolls? Don’t forget a few emoji’s and some swearing, that always makes for a great counter argument, right?
Sound is mute in a vacuum, none will bother.
And here you are bothering…..
OH we bother all right.
https://christineanderson.eu/en/video/why-i-support-president-donald-trump/
Fascists = Jews? well done, I had my doubts about you.
Nazism which incorporated anti semetism was just one species of fascism. Italian fascists were not typically anti semities….
Zionists conveniently conflate Fascism with anti semetism to avoid the label being applied to them. Given what they have been doing in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran its increasing hard to dodge….
BTW I had no doubts about you…..
Increasingly hard to dodge? what will convince you? a body count higher than 6 million? is that the bar for you?
How about the body count in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran? Care to comment or more crickets?
Maybe stop being such a lolcow and they’ll leave you alone
Sorry I don’t speak Troll so no idea what you just said but thanks for proving my point once again….
Classic lolcow 😆
Never change, friend
the jack-booted trump bootlickers who started braying what a genius hero he was 24 hours ago will now shut their posturing gobs and sit silent until they find another “excuse” to back the STUPID STUPID strutting yank/jew warpig machine…
Regrettably empty vessels make the most noise. They will simply find some asinine but oddly creative way to go on worshipping at his shrine….
Go Iran make as many Nuclear weapons you want so you can blow the shit out of us and we can become a Islamic state world 🤣😅
Yea Trump is an arsehole for saving the west.
The woke left have the guilt complex programed into them by the media universities & education indoctrination system want net zero want open boarders want islam accept co-governance hate the jew.
Yet they will be the fist to suffer and cry when we loose what we have got and what fore fathers fought for.
Hooray for the war criminal USA, saving us all from economic prosperity and food equality….
Saving the west? From what exactly? If we could just end Israel’s control of the USA then the west might be ‘saved”
JFK tried to save us and look where that got him.
If Trump wanted to save us he should just sacrifice himself by exposing israel.
If he doesn’t his legacy will be forever the man who bought down the world economy.
Oh and BTW I am a VERY conservative right leaning person. Former Maga. The woke right, the Christian Zionists and the loony left are what is bringing down the west. They need to wake the F up.
Im not sure what rock you live under but its clear if some islamist radicals had a nuc it would not be a great outcome.
20% of world oil goes through the Strait yet NZ has only 50 days of oil and the threat of running completely out of oil, it is like NZs only source of oil was the middle east and it had to be refined locally but NZ purchases its fuel on the regional market that sources its oil on the global market, so increased prices due to shortages is the effect, not a threat of running out of fuel. So why the doomsday countdown.
BTW NZ consumes 11 barrels of crude oil per person per day.
Assuming any of what you say is correct your’e ignoring the obvious fact that those nations who do rely on the Middle East will now be on the open market too, looking for oil. Economies of scale will favour those nations with the most buying power. BTW its not just about oil its about other things like fertiliser for food and helium with scientific applications such as medicine…..
Nz doesn’t have to rely on the Middle East for oil the United States has the most oil in the world
And Trump knows this he wouldn’t give a sh__ about the strait being closed Nato will have to Get of there ass and open it themselves Europe is the ones that need Middle East oil https://youtu.be/EacCAYDgSPo?si=Zk1sguKv66l_j9f1
Fully Open And Ready For Full Passage” – Trump Celebrates Major Strait Ohttps://noahreport.com/fully-open-and-ready-for-full-passage-trump-celebrates-major-strait-of-hormuz-development/#:~:text=Fully%20Open%20And%20Ready%20For%20Full%20Passage%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%93%20Trump%20Celebrates%20Major%20Strait%20Of%20Hormuz%20Developmentf Hormuz Development