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When an Iranian official this week laid out a list of demands to end the war started by the United States and Israel, he added an item that hadn’t been on Tehran’s list before: recognition of Iran’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.

The narrow waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) ordinarily passes has emerged as the Islamic Republic’s most potent weapon. And it is now seeking to turn into both a source of potentially billions of dollars in annual revenue and a pressure point on the global economy.

Iran has long threatened to close the strait in case of an attack, but few expected it to follow through – or for it to prove so effective in disrupting global trade flows. The scale of the impact appears to have expanded Tehran’s ambitions, with the new demands suggesting it is seeking to turn that leverage into something more durable.

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[–] Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip 83 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Iran should include demanding the release of all Epstein documents.

[–] atcorebcor@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

They would just do the whole “we don’t negotiate with terrorists spiel”

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 hours ago

Iran is a UN recognized state. They aren't terrorists.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

That might ultimatelly be good for America and Americans, so why would Iran ever do something like that?

I mean, if America was a society with humanitarian values were what's happenned now with Trump was an exception, it would make sense, but historically the US has been in war most of its existence, of late most of it being in the Middle East causing the deaths of millions of civilians, and very few people in the US were actually against it as a question of principle and even now most are only against it because "American money", "American lives" or "Gas prices in America" so it's clearly not a society of good people who normally uphold good values and is just momentarilly under the control of evil people.

The US is not a society where most people think that innocent lives are sacred, be it at home or abroad.

[–] Geobloke@aussie.zone 4 points 11 hours ago

Trump would happily throw us all at killbots before that happened

[–] Steve@startrek.website 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Iran should demand Trump himself be turned over to stand trial

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 19 points 17 hours ago

Probably get better results taking Netanyahu, but they should really do both.