RN Prasher
US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the US Navy would impose a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, announced after failed face-to-face talks in Islamabad, signals a perilous new phase of the Iran war, one that threatens to prolong the oil shock’s impact on the global economy and entrench US forces in a long-term conflict.
Trump’s move, labeled as “illegal” by some, aims to challenge Iran’s equally legally dubious sovereign claim to what until recently had been a de facto free international waterway, through which an estimated 20% of the world’s oil and liquified natural gas shipments flow. Iran has recently mined the strait, raising concerns that it may not be able to locate all the mines. The US Central Command says its forces have begun mine-clearing operations, a move Iran has said violates the ceasefire.
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