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[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I'm genuinely confused. They're closing the strait, until the blockade is lifted? The fuck does that even mean? Isn't closing the straight a blockade, and the blockade is making them blockade the blockade? Seriously confused.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 11 points 6 days ago

Iran let a lot of non-US ships, like ships from China or Spain through as long as they paid with RMB or EUR instead of USD.

The US wanted to stop that because it could collapse the petrodollar and they'd have to start paying for their own debt spending. So basically the US lets shipping through that supports the petrodollar, Iran lets shipping through that undermines it.

It's my take on it though, everything is likely much more fuzzy.

[–] Denixen@feddit.nu 11 points 1 week ago

Iran's original blockade still allowed Iran affiliated and Iran approved ships through. US blockade blocks those ships.