this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2026
267 points (99.6% liked)

World News

41027 readers
378 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ml
jackmarxist@lemmy.ml
zephyreks@lemmy.ml
OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml
267
Iran to close Strait of Hormuz, strike twice as many targets in response to any US attack (www.presstv.ir)
submitted 2 days ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
97 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You call that a prediction?

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oui.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Everybody knew that iran would close the straight in case of a big escalation like this one.

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago

Yet my prediction was not simply that they would closec the strait. Of course everyone knew that.