Iran Is Not Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. It's Running a Toll Booth
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#2Firstly, Iran has no authority to collect toll in international waters. Imagine if a dozen other countries started using its approach of deploying configurable naval mines in international waters to collect tolls outside their territory.
Secondly, Iran definitely is blocking ships of countries that it considers hostile to Iran, with no choice of a toll for them.
Thirdly, Iran is funding terrorists in Yemen, Iraq, and Lebanon.
Re: Iran Is Not Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. It's Running a Toll Booth
#3Firstly, Iran has no authority to collect toll in international waters. Imagine if a dozen other countries started using its approach of deploying configurable naval mines in international waters to collect tolls outside their territory. Secondly, Iran definitely is blocking ships of countries that it considers hostile to Iran, with no choice of a toll for them. Thirdly, Iran is funding terrorists in Yemen, Iraq, and…
I mean, looking at recent international events, they have all the authority to do it and we have all the authority to stop them. Apparently international rules and norms are made up.
Re: Iran Is Not Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. It's Running a Toll Booth
#4Firstly, Iran has no authority to collect toll in international waters. Imagine if a dozen other countries started using its approach of deploying configurable naval mines in international waters to collect tolls outside their territory. Secondly, Iran definitely is blocking ships of countries that it considers hostile to Iran, with no choice of a toll for them. Thirdly, Iran is funding terrorists in Yemen, Iraq, and…
>Iran has no authority to collect toll
That's like that old copy pasta "If you're being mugged, just say no. Your robbers cannot legally take any of your possessions.". Its not legal sure, but their authority lies in high explosives delivered by sea and air.
Re: Iran Is Not Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. It's Running a Toll Booth
#5There's other news floating around from Citrini saying similar things - the actual substack post (behind a paywall https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/strait-of-hormuz-a-citrini...), and some news coverage - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/06/wall-street-firm-sends-analy...
Being able to put up toll booths on the Strait is another knife to the body of international law and the good old rules based order.
Re: Iran Is Not Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. It's Running a Toll Booth
#6Firstly, Iran has no authority to collect toll in international waters. Imagine if a dozen other countries started using its approach of deploying configurable naval mines in international waters to collect tolls outside their territory. Secondly, Iran definitely is blocking ships of countries that it considers hostile to Iran, with no choice of a toll for them. Thirdly, Iran is funding terrorists in Yemen, Iraq, and…
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Re: Iran Is Not Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. It's Running a Toll Booth
#7Firstly, Iran has no authority to collect toll in international waters. Imagine if a dozen other countries started using its approach of deploying configurable naval mines in international waters to collect tolls outside their territory. Secondly, Iran definitely is blocking ships of countries that it considers hostile to Iran, with no choice of a toll for them. Thirdly, Iran is funding terrorists in Yemen, Iraq, and…
So you agree with TFA, which says:
"The legal position is weak. Transit passage under UNCLOS Part III guarantees free, continuous, and unobstructed passage for all ships. This is customary international law, binding even on non-parties. Iran signed UNCLOS but never ratified it. The selective nature of the blockade, permitting some flag states while denying others, violates the principle of non-discrimination between flag states."
But then which is your opinion about the authority of USA to block the traffic through international waters?
Before attacking Iran, in February, USA has instituted a blockade of Cuba, intercepting the oil tankers headed to Cuba and causing thus a severe shortage of fuel in Cuba, which has caused a lot of problems to the ordinary Cuban citizens.
Thus it is quite shameless today for USA to criticize Iran for the selective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, when USA was the first to provide an example for this kind of action. Moreover, unlike Iran, USA has started the blockade totally unprovoked and not against an attacker and its allies.
Since USA has been the first country demonstrating that they will break any international laws and treaties whenever they please, now any other country has the right to do the same thing, when this is directed against USA or its allies.
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#8Firstly, Iran has no authority to collect toll in international waters. Imagine if a dozen other countries started using its approach of deploying configurable naval mines in international waters to collect tolls outside their territory. Secondly, Iran definitely is blocking ships of countries that it considers hostile to Iran, with no choice of a toll for them. Thirdly, Iran is funding terrorists in Yemen, Iraq, and…
Unfortunately, Israel and US have no authority to bomb Iran, capture Venezuela's head of state or commit genocide in Gaza and it seemed it was not enough to prevent those either. Looks like the only rule is "whatever to can impose by violence is okay" and by this measure, Iran is operating within the current international rules
Re: Iran Is Not Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. It's Running a Toll Booth
#9There's other news floating around from Citrini saying similar things - the actual substack post (behind a paywall https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/strait-of-hormuz-a-citrini... ), and some news coverage - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/06/wall-street-firm-sends-analy... Being able to put up toll booths on the Strait is another knife to the body of international law and the good old rules based order.
> another knife to the body of international law and the good old rules based order
All according to plan, it seems.
Re: Iran Is Not Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. It's Running a Toll Booth
#10Is this a human writing in the style of LLMs?
The exemption is diplomatic, not commercial.
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