Geopoitically, the strait of Hormuz is sided by Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
Iran can’t just close the strait without implicating the others.
There are no international waters in the “straight” (even.if there were), it would implicate other countries so, no, they can’t just close it without implicating others.
Also closing it means Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain have a massive shipping problem, which would really threaten those countries in such a massive way, that it could be seen as an attack on them. Not to mention that oil is shipped to countries all around the world. Basically everybody who is not an oil exporter is going to hate them for doing it.
Also Iran needs to ship oil via the straight as well. Starting some conflict around it, would really hurt their income.
Geopoitically, the strait of Hormuz is sided by Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
Iran can’t just close the strait without implicating the others.
Renamed to “strait of America” in three… two…
Renamed [gas goes] “straight to America” in three… two…
I disagree, they can close the straight because missles.
However 100% of Iranian oil goes through that straight so what they are doing is reminding us not to blow up Khargg island.
There are no international waters in the “straight” (even.if there were), it would implicate other countries so, no, they can’t just close it without implicating others.
Also closing it means Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain have a massive shipping problem, which would really threaten those countries in such a massive way, that it could be seen as an attack on them. Not to mention that oil is shipped to countries all around the world. Basically everybody who is not an oil exporter is going to hate them for doing it.
Also Iran needs to ship oil via the straight as well. Starting some conflict around it, would really hurt their income.