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News & Current Events Apr 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM

Iran seeks $2 mln vessel fee for Strait of Hormuz passage under its peace plan

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A $2M fee to pass through Hormuz, shield from future strikes: Inside Iran’s peace plan that got Trump's nod
The Economic Times
A $2M fee to pass through Hormuz, shield from future strikes: Inside Iran’s peace plan that got Trump's nod
US Iran Ceasefire Plan: Iran offered a 10-point proposal to resolve its conflict with the United States and Israel. The plan, conveyed via Pakistan, seeks security assurances and an end to sanctions. In return, Iran proposes reopening the Strait of Hormuz with a transit fee system. US President Donald Trump calls the proposal significant but insufficient, maintaining pressure on Iran.
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Chrono_Convoy Apr 7, 2026 +874
Is there a Panama and Suez Canal bundle I can save with?
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akurgo Apr 7, 2026 +343
Sorry, no, but with Panama+ you get complementary drinks, 20% faster water pumping and an ad-free voyage through the whole canal!
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AcesCharles2 Apr 7, 2026 +88
Don't forget to subscribe separately to Gibraltar Max!
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Snowcrest Apr 7, 2026 +29
Sorry, the ad-free benefits has actually moved up to our Panama++ tier.
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mwax321 Apr 7, 2026 +10
Panamax would be a better name, because it's a real thing lol
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Worldtraveller45 Apr 7, 2026 +2
You can get the ESuez pass for both. Pay online, add the transponder to the ship's bow
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RexMundi000 Apr 7, 2026 +2773
Prewar there was about 140 ships moving through the strait per day. That works out to 102B per year at 2m per. Iranian GDP is about 375B. Their military spending last year was targeting at about 40B.
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AcaSiptar1312 Apr 7, 2026 +499
51B actually as the other 51B will go to Oman
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soowhatchathink Apr 7, 2026 +218
Wait is it really split 50/50 with Oman? I know they have equal amounts of the strait in their waters, but I imagined Iran would make more as they would spend more on militarily enforcing / protecting
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3BlindMice1 Apr 7, 2026 +332
Splitting 50/50 with Oman actually protects them from a lot of predatory figures that'll want a cut of that pie; instead those folks will be going to Oman to take their slice
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SteelSparks Apr 7, 2026 +232
It also “legitimises” the toll
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sdasu Apr 8, 2026 +44
Now, Trump can think of bringing democracy to Oman, to get a piece of the pie.
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3BlindMice1 Apr 8, 2026 +28
They'll probably give him some trivial prize to make him feel good about himself and so he feels like he can't extort them for more
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Wooden-Broccoli-7247 Apr 8, 2026 +18
Trump gets a gold pen, Oman gets full US military protection and BOGO F-35’s. If they throw in a new putter they get the A-10’s.
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3BlindMice1 Apr 8, 2026 +15
Something like that, yeah. He's probably has the worst sales skills of any recent US president, ironically.
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Buckeye_Randy Apr 7, 2026 +803
They just gave Trump the idea to do it instead...
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Seneca2019 Apr 7, 2026 +382
Bet. Trump is going to revive his Panama Canal ambitions again and justify it as, “Iran does it!” I’d say that was his 4D chess move all along, but we know that’s not the case with him lol.
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NotUniqueWorkAccount Apr 7, 2026 +189
The dude just fails up because he was born rich, and believes he's a genius that can make no wrong decisions because of it.
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CliftonForce Apr 7, 2026 +100
You can't learn from your mistakes if you never believe you made any.
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Comfortable-Title720 Apr 7, 2026 +14
And if you have enough cash and resources to insulate yourself from pesky things like lawyers, business competitors and social "issues"
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ryhaltswhiskey Apr 7, 2026 +2
You can't learn from your mistakes if you're a f****** moron and Daddy is willing to bail you out
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Mjolnir36 Apr 8, 2026 +2
You can’t learn from your mistakes if you’re not held accountable.
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BlipBlapBloppityBoop Apr 7, 2026 +59
He fails up because he’s surrounded by an entire country of enablers and weaklings.
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DE4DM4NSH4ND Apr 8, 2026 +9
Sadly this
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alittledanger Apr 7, 2026 +26
I grew up in San Francisco and still live in the Bay Area. You see this a lot (on a smaller scale) with folks here who were either born rich and/or have had almost everything in their life go right. The overconfidence is astounding and can make them really difficult to work with. It also makes their failures much more disastrous if they do eventually screw up.
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ImaginationSea2767 Apr 7, 2026 +21
I do think he believes he can make jo wrong decision but I also firmly believe that Trump knows he hasn't done anything significant and that is why hes on this crusade to conquer Iran, Cuba and others. To do the things that every other president hasn't done. The thing is with the religous crazies and Isreal loyalists in his party telling him to push on with the war he likely isnt going to back out easily as he thinks this is important and big. When in reality it is just an unholy crusade, that is going to throw global oil prices to the moon and destabilize much of the world.
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ryhaltswhiskey Apr 7, 2026 +10
He's going to be one of our most memorable presidents, but for all the wrong reasons
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jert3 Apr 7, 2026 +13
It's WAY worse than that, as diddlin' donnie was placed above the law. This is why democracies have laws and when the leader is above the law then you don't really have a demoracy anymore.
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donnerpartytaconight Apr 7, 2026 +2
If you work with third generational wealth (even second in some cases) you see this shit all the time. You feel bad because they don't even understand how f****** stupid they are, but it doesn't matter to them because they have always had it all anyway. Some of them are decent people but really ignorant and doing the best they can. Some are just naturally assholes. It's easy to sort out which group Trump is in.
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NhylX Apr 7, 2026 +7
3D Snakes and Ladders...
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CILISI_SMITH Apr 7, 2026 +20
>gave Trump the idea to do it Whenever I hear this I just think of [The Naked Gun hostage scene](https://youtu.be/JnI30mIKW2k?si=YgpNhL_BLx9ksqhW&t=34).
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thehermit14 Apr 7, 2026 +6
I think Blazing Saddles.
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Fenris_uy Apr 7, 2026 +5
Go half and half with Iran. 50B for each.
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pargofan Apr 7, 2026 +71
How does this become a negotiation with the *United States*?? What if other countries simply say "no", we're sending our ships anyway? Or on the other hand, *Iran* tells Japan bound ships or Iraq leaving ships (just picking a random examples) your fee is $3.0M now, just because we felt like it.
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buzzsawdps Apr 7, 2026 +64
Yup there is historical precedence for all the things you mention with the Øresund strait and Denmark. That lasted for centuries and only stopped when it became militarily and politically infeasible for Denmark to enforce. What happens is trade and transits are reduced if the toll is too high, then the tolls are reduced to attract more transits etc. It's a demand-supply thing.
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Spoztoast Apr 8, 2026 +3
Similar happened with the Barbary pirates
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seecat46 Apr 7, 2026 +39
I believe that is fee is only for big oil tankers, not all ships which has a pre war daily average if 20 - 25 a day for $18 billion a year.
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Biotech_wolf Apr 7, 2026 +12
So no taxes on ships carrying other goods? Wouldn’t that cause everyone to convert their energy into non oil and non gas products even more?
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Sawendro Apr 8, 2026 +11
Unironically, that kind of switch might be a big upside to this dumb f****** war. All the "but hydrocarbons are stable and reliable!!" objections have a lot less weight all of a sudden. (! Disclaimer: hydrocarbon fuels have their place in the energy ecosystem, nuclear does too, renewables still have hurdles to clear but overall we should be trying to reverse the renewable/non-renewable percentages)
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xbearsandporschesx Apr 8, 2026 +2
thats why Finland has been chilling through the whole thing when it comes to energy
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JarasM Apr 8, 2026 +2
I can't see how this would be consequential in the lightest, in the global scheme of things. The value of oil in a single tanker going through the straight can be somewhere between 66 and 190 million dollars. Those 2 million per tanker is peanuts. Nobody is going to make any significant moves to "convert" the oil into different products. At best, if the toll is indeed per tanker regardless of size, I could see bigger ships getting sent there.
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danceswithporn Apr 7, 2026 +109
Still it's hard to say the u.s. should spend $1 billion per day to prevent it.
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veevoir Apr 7, 2026 +132
How much did US spend *causing it* in the first place? But sure, there is no accountability for Trump's actions, such as starting a war (well, 3-day special operation to try to avoid needing Congress to sign off) - then when it wasn't a simple quick slam dunk - leaving others to pick up the pieces. And then go mad that they don't agree to be the idiots left holding the bag. And then the argument is "we won't spend money to fix this, not our business".
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LIEUTENANT__CRUNCH Apr 7, 2026 +43
> “we won’t spend money to fix this, not our business” But at the same time requesting $1.5T in funding for the military. Just a meager 42% increase from last year’s budget.
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El_Guap Apr 7, 2026 +9
Despite being “the most transparent administration “ we don’t have a clean official total, but credible estimates put U.S. direct costs so far (early April 2026) roughly in the ~$25–30 billion range—and climbing fast. Numbers disclosed so far: ~$11.3 billion in the first 6 days of combat (Pentagon estimate)  ~$16.5 billion by about day 12  Analysts’ numbers: ~$23+ billion within the first couple weeks  ~$25–30 billion “by now” (early April) 
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milespoints Apr 7, 2026 +70
The thing is, it’s really hard to see giving Iran a veto over the economies of Europe and Asia as an acceptable outcome. Even though European and Asian countries had no say in the bombings, this will be primarily their problem and i really doubt they will go along with it. It’s also really hard to see KSA and UAE tolerating it. The reason KSA has so much influence is they are the ones who can turn the oil spigot up and down. Need more oil? They can pump more oil. This would essentially transfer all that power away from KSA to Iran. Hard to see the Saudis just rolling over. The fees are less important here than the leverage. If Iran just commits to charging a fixed fee but allowing everyone to pass, thus gaining no say in the flow of oil, that may be acceptable to everyone. I mean it sucks that we’re essentially guaranteeing Iran becoming the 2nd nuclear powered rogue state after NK (something that all US administrations and European leaders have attempted to prevent). But it’s hard to see how you prevent that at this point after Trump’s horrendous war
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SqueekyDickFartz Apr 7, 2026 +13
Maybe the deal will be that the US will collect the money, and give it to Iran as long as they agree to stop making nukes and allow for open inspections of their nuclear material. We could call it the Iran nuclear deal. We'd essentially give Iran their money as long as they play ball. Shocking that no one ever thought of something like that. /s
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The_Anglo_Spaniard Apr 7, 2026 +34
3rd nuclear rogue state afer north korea and israel
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Fusilero Apr 7, 2026 +37
tbh, Pakistan is pretty rogue most of the time. Not to mention the Saffas had nukes for a while.
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Bobsothethird Apr 7, 2026 +114
I mean should've never gone to war, but these are completely unacceptable terms that open up a can of worms related to bodies of water.
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Fenris_uy Apr 7, 2026 +15
The status quo was, keep the strait open, or the US is going to attack you. After the US attacks first, you lose your leverage.
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Bobsothethird Apr 7, 2026 +2
I agree, which is one of many reasons I hate the war. It doesn't mean the reaction is acceptable, nor does it mean you should hold the world hostage because the US pissed you off.
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top5top5top5 Apr 7, 2026 +6
Unacceptable terms? We’re past that. They’re already making millions daily by charging ships for safe passage. Iran’s played their card and the US have shown they have no answer. If Iran’s unhappy with the deal - they’ll continue blocking it as they are currently.
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silicondali Apr 7, 2026 +52
The can of worms is "United States foreign policy is to shove opponents into a crab bucket." Iran has identified a beneficial way out that also creates a clean transactional diplomacy. Why? Because of the arrogant, deeply ignorant, and fundamentally incompetent leadership elected by US voters. Full stop.
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_GregTheGreat_ Apr 7, 2026 +63
No, the can of worms is now suddenly every country bordering a natural shipping lane (Strait of Gilbratar/Dover/Danish/Malacca/etc) starts forcing exorbitant fees on ships passing through. International trade gets massively impacted as a result and the world is much worse off
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Four_beastlings Apr 7, 2026 +13
Can't speak for the others, but Spain, which controls the Strait of Gibraltar, has no intention whatsoever to break maritime law and alienate their allies by f****** around with it. What the US doesn't seem to understand is that most countries don't want to get into trouble. Peaceful trade has been great for Europe, why would they want to end it?
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MinorKeyEnjoyer Apr 7, 2026 +29
most countries simply won’t do this because they have more to lose through alienating allies and loss of trade. Iran doesn’t have that worry
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DrStalker Apr 8, 2026 +16
People underestimate how good international trade is for avoiding wars. Why start a war when staying peaceful is more profitable and avoid your own citizens dying? When the US says "we're going to show up and take all your oil by force" that equation changes and war (or holding a major shipping lane hostage) becomes a much more reasonable choice.
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BrainBlowX Apr 7, 2026 +21
That can of worms was opened when Trump spent the last year openly declaring the post-WW2 order dead.
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pr0v0cat3ur Apr 7, 2026 +4
I guess the money will be used to re-build Iran?
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fec2245 Apr 7, 2026 +7
\>Iran has identified a beneficial way out that also creates a clean transactional diplomacy. Weird way to describe using the threat of war crimes to extort countries not involved in the conflict.
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BrainBlowX Apr 7, 2026 +20
It's apparently only a war crime when you lose. Iran was attacked twice during negotiations, and trump has repeatedly threatened war crimes in his undeclared, illegal war. Expecting the IRGC to take the high road when the US kicked open this can of worms is silly. The US and Israel sure as hell aren't going to be made to pay reparations, so iran is *obviously* going to do this.
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KnottedJewels Apr 7, 2026 +16
Are you saying Israel and the USA shouldn't have attacked Iran but now that they did there shouldn't be any consequences?
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jordan853 Apr 7, 2026 +12
How are they "completely unacceptable terms"? The invaders have done such an insane amount of damage to Iran. It would be wrong to just kill their civilians, destroy their infrastructure, and then leave. They need a way to pay for repairs.  Also, most of these tankers are carrying over $1 billion in goods. How is less than 1% of their cargo an oppressive tax?
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Bobsothethird Apr 7, 2026 +12
Setting precedents that you can charge people for crossing territory that isn't yours simply due to the existence of warships does not end well for the world. Hell, the US probably comes out the best.
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Purple_Squirrel_6883 Apr 7, 2026 +17
Considering how desperate they are to "open" the strait, it doesn't look like they're coming out of it the best. Otherwise, they would have every incentive to leave things as is and let "the world" deal with it as per your dear leader.
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KnottedJewels Apr 7, 2026 +3
Having the whole world turn against you isn't so good.
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Yuukiko_ Apr 7, 2026 +8
At this point they've been bombed twice while negotiating, why would they trust the US
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pppiddypants Apr 7, 2026 +8
Too f****** late for that buddy. Trump opened Pandora’s box and now the world deals with the consequences.
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Bobsothethird Apr 7, 2026 +13
The world's dealing with it.
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thereoncewasahat Apr 7, 2026 +18
Yes, by paying the f****** toll which never used to exist; all because of Israel and America. Thank you very f****** much.
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pppiddypants Apr 7, 2026 +5
And probably by settling transactions in a different currency.
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CliftonForce Apr 7, 2026 +3
Apparently by paying tolls to Iran.
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Bobsothethird Apr 7, 2026 +4
Which isn't okay
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[deleted] Apr 7, 2026 +5
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milkhotelbitches Apr 7, 2026 +5
OK, who's going to stop them?
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frankster Apr 7, 2026 +3
Build a wall and make the USA pay for it
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veggicide Apr 7, 2026 +13
It seems the point of charging 2m per ship it to repair all the damage done to their infrastructure.
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omfgeometry Apr 7, 2026 +1958
The Ayatollbooth
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ConfederacyOfDunces_ Apr 7, 2026 +536
It’s so insane how Trump is just trying to get the Strait open now, something that was open 6 weeks Ago
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trustifarian Apr 7, 2026 +255
Art of the Deal baby!
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spike_beagle Apr 7, 2026 +22
Fart of a Deal
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Cajun_Canadian Apr 7, 2026 +68
But we don’t need it, and we also need it, and we need help, but we don’t need help, we don’t even need nato, but nato should help, but we don’t need it, but it needs to be open now, but we don’t need help, but could you please help, but we don’t need it, but please open it, OPEN IT NOW. Please? We don’t need it of course but we need you to open it.
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rawkz Apr 8, 2026 +14
did he really say please at any point? i only remember slurs and threats.
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Punch_A_Police_Horse Apr 7, 2026 +5
I thought we haven't needed it for for decades.
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Ham_I_right Apr 7, 2026 +7
Great news, Trump has negotiated his own $2m personal kickback on all ships and will be building a new golf course and resort in Iran. The new Ayatollah is invited for a state dinner to celebrate!
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Colddigger Apr 7, 2026 +2
I think I saw that he actually wants to set up his own toll booth now that he saw somebody could.
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Barbarossa_25 Apr 7, 2026 +9
Thanks to Sal for that one.
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TheWorclown Apr 7, 2026 +19
Thank you for giving this utterly miserable timeline a bit of genuinely welcomed humor.
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grey_hat_uk Apr 7, 2026 +11
Beautiful.
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unindexedreality Apr 7, 2026 +3
Lego animations from the Ayatrollah
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threwitaway123454321 Apr 7, 2026 +6
Ayatollya
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DonnyGetTheLudes Apr 7, 2026 +3
Oh hell yea
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[deleted] Apr 7, 2026 +721
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FuzzyAd9407 Apr 7, 2026 +165
The only conservatives defending this war now are just stuck at claiming anyone who doesnt support the war supports the Iranian government killing protestors.
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BaconISgoodSOGOOD Apr 7, 2026 +13
That’s rich. What are Conservatives viewpoints on citizen protestors here, stateside? 🙄
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WormCastings Apr 7, 2026 +58
Conservatism is a mental illness. You can't reason with them.
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silicondali Apr 7, 2026 +28
It's rich coming from a country where ICE has flagrantly murdered two people in the street, mostly for existing, not even protesting.
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MrTheDoctors Apr 8, 2026 +2
They’ve got all kinds of excuses for that too. They’re too far gone.
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drfrogsplat Apr 7, 2026 +3
And obviously it’s better to wipe out the whole civilisation than stand idly by while the government kills protestors… for the safety of their citizens.
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DramaticWesley Apr 7, 2026 +22
They are known to be one of the main financiers of multiple terrorist groups (such as Hamas and Iran has cyberattacked the U.S.). This would be a valid argument for attack if we hadn’t just abducted the leader of another sovereign nation. There is no good reason to attack Iran, except to protect Israel, and with their current leader, that is becoming increasingly difficult to back. Trump wants what Bibi and Putin have. He just fawns over fascists. I think the only reason he badmouths China is because Xi won’t placate him.
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Common-Concentrate-2 Apr 8, 2026 +11
People forget that the IRGC is designated as a terrorist organization by, Australia, Canada, the European Union, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United States.
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fredagsfisk Apr 7, 2026 +41
> which they were not able to obtain under JCPOa - which Trump tore up Well MAGA are still claiming that Iran didn't follow it, despite every source other than the Trump regime and their allies and Israel saying they did.
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SmokingPuffin Apr 7, 2026 +17
The IAEA reports detailed dozens of cases where Iran either explicitly didn’t follow the terms of the agreement or stonewalled requests for information with “not technically credible explanations”. Some examples of those are documented here: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2019/11/20/uranium-particles-found-in-iran-why-it-matters/ JCPOA was close to TSA than actual security.
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fredagsfisk Apr 7, 2026 +20
Really, you're linking the FDD as a source on this topic? The anti-Iran, pro-Trump/Israel neocon thinktank whose CEO was loudly and explicitly against the JCPOA, and which has a history of pushing questionable claims, and has frequently been accused of Islamophobia by scholars, researchers, and advocacy groups? Super credible, there. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/foundation-defense-democracies/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_for_Defense_of_Democracies#Reception
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SmokingPuffin Apr 7, 2026 +26
Ok, I understand your objection. It was the first Google result that was discussing the right events. Let me instead supply you one of the IAEA reports directly. As it is quite a long report and covers many topics, let me direct your attention particularly to section C.4 as a particularly good evidence of Iranian noncompliance. It details the Turquzabad nuclear equipment storage facility, which was not disclosed to the IAEA until it was revealed publicly in 2018, and was found by analysis of commercial satellite imagery to have been in operation since 2010. When asked for explanations of the materials found therein, Iran supplied the aforementioned "not technically credible explanations". [https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/25/06/gov2025-25.pdf](https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/25/06/gov2025-25.pdf)
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Bisjoux Apr 7, 2026 +7
Exactly! And Trump is the only president stupid enough to bend to Israel’s will. Trump didn’t seem to understand why no other president took action in the last 47 years. I wonder if he understands why now.
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Olderandolderagain Apr 7, 2026 +15
Exactly. Anyone who thought Trump could solve the problem in the Middle East cannot think multiple steps ahead. Trump and his crew couldn’t manage a Burger King much less a complex geopolitical strategy.
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ridewiththerockers Apr 7, 2026 +7
Nope, he's eating crayons while other world leaders expected him to at least play checkers. He gave everything Israel wanted and got nothing in return. Now he is burning up any approval he has with his base, and is throwing a tantrum over it.
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zapreon Apr 7, 2026 +149
No chance of the GCC agreeing with this. This would be a perfect set-up for perpetual conflict and the Gulf simply building pipelines across the peninsula to avoid having to send jack shit into the Gulf. Especially KSA and UAE can build pipelines without crossing any other country's territory
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Whole_Intention_7949 Apr 7, 2026 +11
How would they build a pipeline to India and China and how do we know Iran won't just get someone to blow it up anyways?
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zapreon Apr 7, 2026 +41
> How would they build a pipeline to India and China. Just build it to ports across peninsula for VLCCs to pick it up there > how do we know Iran won't just get someone to blow it up anyways? Iran would only be able to blow it up if they are waging full on war with gulf, which would automatically expose Iran's own oil assets. In such a war, Iran is very vulnerable Outside of war, this would circumvent any Iranian tolling system
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idlysambardip Apr 8, 2026 +4
Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq have no option but to either pay the toll on Hormuz or pay the toll for pipes going to Mediterranean or Red sea. Even for UAE and Saudi they have billions of investments of LNG, Crude loading terminals, Refineries on Persian Gulf coast. It would cost more money to move these products to Red Sea, the toll might work out cheaper Besides pipelines do nothing for cargo traffic. Both Saudi and UAE have been promoting their free trade zones, Jebel Ali, Damman, Jubail all are built on desire to become trade hubs handling millions of containers.
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zapreon Apr 8, 2026 +3
It's not about the prices, they have plenty of money. It is about not giving Iran control over their economy.
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LocalDrama9616 Apr 8, 2026 +2
Actually, those region already started to look to building resilience in their supply chain That means relying less on Hormuz
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Land-Southern Apr 7, 2026 +400
Panama and suez are infrastructure that were built and maintained. The straight is a navigable natural waterbody. Aside from international treaties, what little they are worth, every choke point country should feel free to reciprocate. South africa with the Cape, Chile with the Magellan, Malaysia/Indonesia with Malacca, Turkish straits, Danish strait, Gibraltar, el-Mandeb, etc. UNCLOS freedom of navigation exercises can sit down if this flies.
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buzzsawdps Apr 7, 2026 +40
Funny you should mention the Danish Straits, the OG of strait tolls to the extent that it was a large part of the Danish state revenue for centuries and literally all their neighbours resorted to creating canals to bypass it. Gibraltar has been held by the British solely to deter Spanish tolls. None of this is new, in fact it's rather old. The difference from those days is we now have low-cost long range precision weapons that even small criminal groups can use. I think underwater drones will be the toughest to deal with.
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Cndymountain Apr 7, 2026 +13
The f*** did y'all just call Öresund? Don't make us cross the sea again next time it freezes over.
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buzzsawdps Apr 7, 2026 +5
The Danish Strait lul 😂 Consider it a simplification for some of our less geographically gifted international friends... On a different note you got the solution right there, just freeze the Gulf and invade across the ice?!
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christopher_mtrl Apr 7, 2026 +35
International law, in this economy ?
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Heydickhead Apr 7, 2026 +168
South Africa is stretching it a bit lol. You can just sail a bit further out if they try and charge you
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SpaceYetu531 Apr 7, 2026 +56
That's very difficult sailing. 50 footers are regulars in those waters.
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_GregTheGreat_ Apr 7, 2026 +109
Either way, it’s obvious that allowing for this would destroy international trade when taken to its natural conclusion. Imagine a world where every ship passing through the Strait of Gilbraltar, Strait of Dover, the Danish Strait, Strait of Mallaca, etc all have to pay massive fees.
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Rabid_Mongoose Apr 7, 2026 +48
Sounds like end stage capitalism. I'm sure hedge funds would eventually own these as well.
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Stonebagdiesel Apr 7, 2026 +41
End stage capitalism is when governments charge fees? 🤔
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lokoluis15 Apr 7, 2026 +11
They'll use the revenue to fund further tax cuts. So capital owners get the benefits of any government windfall at the end of the day
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SpaceYetu531 Apr 7, 2026 +18
Governments are the ones charging fees. It's basically the opposite of capitalism.
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BrianWonderful Apr 7, 2026 +5
Are they really all governments anymore at this point? Most seem like business ventures designed to enrich the oligarch leaders pulling the strings.
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SpaceYetu531 Apr 7, 2026 +15
Capitalism is defined by private ownership separate from the government. If the government owns and operates the capital, it's not capitalism.
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SmokingPuffin Apr 7, 2026 +2
This is a claim of state ownership of the means of production. In other words, socialism.
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Smok3dSalmon Apr 7, 2026 +20
Brutal waves if you go too far south. It’s very dangerous 
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Heydickhead Apr 7, 2026 +4
You're right. We should take out South Africa next.
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dondon98 Apr 7, 2026 +5
Nah fr 😂 does South Africa even have the military capability let alone the funding to try something that? I know drones are c**** but we’re talking damn near 1000 miles worth of sea lanes they’d have to control, come on man 😭😭😭
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imminatural Apr 7, 2026 +2
Not if they pull the Iran model and start threatening to hit ships with Unmanned Surface Vessels.
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milkhotelbitches Apr 7, 2026 +28
Yeah, turns out when you rip up the norms maintaining world peace such as killing negotiators, targeting civilian infrastructure, and openly threating war crimes, other countries feel free to ignore them as well. Tough shit.
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Tyhgujgt Apr 7, 2026 +4
I mean the USA has the most powerful navy. Why not charge every ship traveling through Atlantic or Pacific. Raise the stakes baby
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Fenris_uy Apr 7, 2026 +6
The Dardanelles and Bosphorus are natural navigable bodies of water, and Türkiye charges a toll. Chile forces you to have navigators, and charges for them in the Magellan Channel. There is a route further south that doesn't needs navigators.
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Mayor__Defacto Apr 7, 2026 +6
Europe seems oblivious to this. Yes, Trump started this. However, unless this gets finished in a way that makes it clear that tolls are unacceptable and will not be tolerated, global trade is fucked.
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aircooledJenkins Apr 7, 2026 +110
It's not $2m/ship. It's like $1.00 per ~~gallon~~ barrel of oil shipped. The fee is based on the payload. Just so happens that these ships carry a lot of oil. edit: changed gallon to barrel.
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TheDeadwood Apr 7, 2026 +20
That would be $42MM for 1 MMbbl tanker.
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aircooledJenkins Apr 7, 2026 +5
Ahh, sorry. I fixed it, meant $1/barrel https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html
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chimpyjnuts Apr 7, 2026 +54
Trump must be pissed they stole his idea to just extort the sh\*t out of everyone.
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seecat46 Apr 7, 2026 +13
I believe that is fee is only for big oil tankers, not all ships which has a pre war daily average if 20 - 25 a day for $18 billion a year.
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40cappo40 Apr 7, 2026 +199
Trump: "Why didn't I think of that!" *starts charging for Panama Canal access* EDIT - Thanks to those in the comments explaining this already occurred, I did not know about this, so good to learn.
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ruskyandrei Apr 7, 2026 +158
"Panama Canal crossing fees range from $15,000 to over $1 million per transit, depending on vessel size, type, and current market conditions. "
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atlanticverve Apr 7, 2026 +66
Since the Iran war, the Panama Canal is much more in demand due to changing trade flows Now you will need to win an auction to get a s***, the auction results have been 1.5million recently That’s in addition to the fee you mention
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buzzsawdps Apr 7, 2026 +8
Delete this before Iran learns you can auction tolls
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atlanticverve Apr 7, 2026 +6
They are not auctioning tolls. They are auctioning the right to pay the tolls
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40cappo40 Apr 7, 2026 +12
*starts charging MORE for Panama Canal access* Also, makes sense that these are charged, guess it helps for the risk of environmental to local damages that may occur.
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milespoints Apr 7, 2026 +71
Panama and Suez are artificially built and maintained canals fully within the territorial waters of those countries and as such already charge fees. Fees for Panama go to Panama even though the US government built the canal.
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Fusilero Apr 7, 2026 +30
The US more than broke even on its fees during its decades of control; forgetting the geopolitical and strategic benefits it got from being able to traverse the Isthmus.
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milespoints Apr 7, 2026 +12
I wasn’t implying the US should give back the canal, mearly clarifying that the canal already has fees and they go to Panama
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DrSpaceman575 Apr 7, 2026 +9
Very different, the Panama canal is artificial and requires maintenance and costs to operate. This is like charging fees to NOT bomb ships passing by Alaska just because they're in range.
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leisurechef Apr 7, 2026 +12
Isn’t that what they do on the Suez?
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gunsandgardening Apr 7, 2026 +3
*companies raise prices to compensate*
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scarab1001 Apr 7, 2026 +6
He suggested yesterday that he would charge for Strait of Hormuz
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Fateor42 Apr 7, 2026 +69
That's probably not going to end well for Iran given the countries who share the Strait with them.
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trydola Apr 7, 2026 +11
What are they gonna do about it?
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BasementMods Apr 7, 2026 +42
Theoretically they could build more pipelines and not need the strait in a few years, then turn this fee around on iran since iran doesnt have the option of building pipelines.
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alexos77lo Apr 8, 2026 +14
Iran wasn’t getting money from the strait all this time, they don’t care if in 50 years no one use it, but in the meanwhile they are going to bank money and for bigger ships would still be cheaper to use the canal over the pipes.
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Fateor42 Apr 8, 2026 +2
That's going to depend heavily on what state Iran's military is in when all of this is over.
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your_grandmas_FUPA Apr 7, 2026 +43
Why do they keep showing that guys mug? He's literally a vegetable, had zero input to this 'peace plan'
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Randomfinn Apr 7, 2026 +28
I’m not sure which person you are referring to. 
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emezeekiel Apr 7, 2026 +15
The new ayatollah
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origaminz Apr 7, 2026 +6
The irony of trump losing in negotiations with a vege.
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probzzz Apr 7, 2026 +8
Subscriptions are out of control.
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Thetman38 Apr 7, 2026 +11
This seems like it could've been easily avoided 40 days ago
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byjimini Apr 7, 2026 +5
Just so much *winning*
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Maximum_Overdrive Apr 7, 2026 +6
Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes!
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Haunting_Pop_749 Apr 8, 2026 +4
2 millions, offer 1 million goes to Trump directly, world peace achieved.
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Angryceo Apr 7, 2026 +9
They got the lesson from trump, after trump wanted to charge cargo ships docking fees.
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surefirelongshot Apr 8, 2026 +4
Gotta fund the rebuild efforts some way
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SubstantialGas6185 Apr 7, 2026 +12
Does Iran "own" this strait ?
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Rabid_Mongoose Apr 7, 2026 +24
Technically the route in which tankers have to follow is within their martime territorial sovereignty zone.
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Old_Leopard1844 Apr 8, 2026 +2
If their guns can reach it, then yeah, they do
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ChaseballBat Apr 7, 2026 +3
Oh so the same deal, these market manipulation articles are running out of ways to spin the same thing. Not going to mention that they also want Israel out of Lebanon?
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Saneless Apr 7, 2026 +3
I will carry your vessel across the land for $1M
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Captcha_Imagination Apr 7, 2026 +3
I heard on the news that it comes to about $1 per barrel
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Koseoglu-2X4B-523P Apr 8, 2026 +3
*Here! Get your “I did this” stickers here!*
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johnnygrant Apr 7, 2026 +10
It's a shame the US have such a braindead president... that caused the issue in the first place. George Bush 1 was able to unite the whole world against Iraq for much less. Under good world leadership this is a non-starter. This is Iran trying to make the rest of the world pay another Trump tax.
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Sundance37 Apr 8, 2026 +5
Consider it a tariff.
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Tunggall Apr 7, 2026 +13
No one gets to extort passage when UNCLOS says the right of passage exists.
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superiner Apr 7, 2026 +23
There were also some treaties saying it’s illegal to bomb civs but here we are
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wwaxwork Apr 7, 2026 +5
Sounds like a lot until you know how much every ships cargo is worth. Cargo wise a fully loaded cargo ship can have cargo in excess of $1billion dollars value, an oil tanker of the size that goes through Hormuz, you're looking at up to $200 million depending on the grade. It would cost them more to take the scenic route specially with the way oil prices are shooting up right now.
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radio3030 Apr 8, 2026 +5
Paid for in Yuan to circumvent US sanctions. What a boon for China.
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Ultra_Metal Apr 7, 2026 +17
The regime's leaders are totally delusional just like Hitler in his final days.
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Sadu1988 Apr 7, 2026 +2
Would be better if they charged 2 mln Yuan
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Scousehauler Apr 7, 2026 +2
Something stinks about this. It wouldnt surprise me if Omans share will go to the US as a cover and its been about hustling for money all the time.
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Fandango_Jones Apr 8, 2026 +2
Art of the deal tm /s
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timfountain4444 Apr 8, 2026 +2
Can anyone point to data that will show how much this could potentially add to the price of a barrel of crude oil?
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Boys4Ever Apr 7, 2026 +7
Cost of replacing their defenses and infrastructure. Didn't Isreal take out bridges and/or railways? We did this because we were stupid to listen to Israel where past 30 years all administrations including this one told them to go pound sand. Bring our troops home and let Israel finish what they started. ROW will pay for it with their own GDP. Best not take this to where there's no turning back. Israel has heartened nukes and they seem unhinged enough.
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RamitInmashol1994 Apr 7, 2026 +4
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
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danuffer Apr 8, 2026 +4
This dumbass has brought tariffs to the global stage. May He choke on a cheeseburger.
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2beatenup Apr 8, 2026 +5
lol.. 2 mil per ship… about 100–130 ships pass daily. That’s 200 -260 mil a day. 7.8billion in 30 days and with zero…ZERO impact to Iranian citizens (think tariffs). In a year 96 billions…. NOW that sir is an art of a deal.
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emceegabe Apr 8, 2026 +2
So were there tolls before? I think there were not as there was a right of free passage globally established. So does that mean Trump started a war and this has provoked a toll and he will claim that’s a win then other passages may charge tolls too? Genuinely asking, not sure I get it.
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Cantora Apr 7, 2026 +3
Considering each ship can have many tens of millions of $ in profit across the industry, its not a bad starting point to negotiate from
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Cindy_Marek Apr 7, 2026 +4
Never going to happen, their only form of enforcement is with the threat of military action, and that isn’t going to fly with the rest of the world.
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