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    ‘Strait of Hormuz is open, but not for American and Israeli ships and tankers,’ says Iran foreign minister Araghchi

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    6. achicomp on

      Iran saying they will allow “neutral” ships is a bit like saying they will allow people to walk through a minefield as long as they aren’t their enemies.

      Lol, all the ships they have attacked were neutral countries.

      Naval mines don’t discriminate

      They just saying this shit to avoid an international coalition against them

    8. Temporary-Equal-774 on

      They have been saying this long ago. Either just a diplomatic posture, or their leaderships are in disagreement. Anyway nthing changes.

    9. willbabu on

      I think this is Iran trying to de-escalate. Hopefully our lord commander understands what the Iranians are trying to do and not bomb their kraug

    12. Kind-Wolverine5841 on

      Its not American or Israeli ships its countries that are attacking them. Which is pretty much all of the countries that already can’t get oil of the strait. So no its flat

    15. liverpoolFCnut on

      “It is open” – in other words, try sailing and we’ll fire a missile or a drone and blame it on the operators!

      Unless there are boots on the ground in Kharg and Iran loses 80% of its energy exports, there is no reason for them to change the status quo while they can continue to export to China while preventing others. Also, the property market in Dubai, Doha, London, Paris etc is about to heat up as billions of $$ in protection money flows to IRGC generals from gulf kingdoms and shipping companies.

    18. johnnyg08 on

      Honestly, if I were the enemy, I’d do the exact same thing. Why wouldn’t they do it that way?

    19. terminally_me on

      What percentage of crude tankers there are American and Israeli? I assumed it wasn’t much but I really don’t know

    20. McKoijion on

      Lmao, no. You forgot the “and their allies” part. Everyone sailing in that area is in that category.

    23. commit10 on

      This is strictly PR. Insurance companies still won’t insure $250 million oil tankers in an active war zone, especially with reports of naval mines.

      It’s the insurance companies that will decide when Hormuz reopens.

      China has an advantage here because their companies are state owned and can disregard risks to profits if there are larger geopolitical benefits to them. 

      What Iran is doing is shifting blame, and also undermining the petrodollar monopoly by requiring oil sales to occur in yuan.

    24. ReasonablyConfused on

      I keep wondering if ships granted passage will suddenly “hit a mine” or “get hit with an Iranian drone by accident”. Basically false flag operations to stop this kind of shipping.

    26. Devincc on

      Are there even “American” tankers? Every tanker I see on Marine Traffic is showing some other countries flag. I don’t think I’ve even seen an American tanker

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