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Apr 6, 2026
A short🧵for those insisting on a fiction: the Strait of Hormuz is not Iran’s sovereign toll gate, private cash machine, or maritime revenue stream. It is an international strait used by the world. Ge...
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Iran cannot legally impose tolls on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz as a sovereign right. The strait is an international waterway governed by navigation rights, not a commercial asset for the coastal state to monetize, and allowing such a precedent would destabilize global maritime commerce and incentivize other chokepoint nations to follow suit.
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