Iran threatens to shut Strait of Hormuz if US naval blockade persists

Everyone is acting to see how the other party reacts, it's what happens when there is a break down in relations. Basic diplomacy could have avoided it all.

The whiplash is measurable in the graph of the price of oil over the last 2 months.

The Iranian's opened the Strait in a show of good faith after the cease-fire was agreed in Lebanon. But instead of responding by lifting the blockade, Trump has decided to keep it in place, because he just loves leverage. And as blockades are universally recognised as being acts of war, keeping it in place violates the cease-fire, so Iran will close the Strait and prepare for a resumption of hostilities.

I've lost the thread. It's open, but not to U.S. ships, but we've got it blockaded... Can someone summarize where we're at this millisecond?

Iran is getting in on the market manipulation

At this point an oil tanker captain can do no wrong by just sailing through the straight. If it closes, it’ll be open again before the ship loses enough momentum to stop.

That’s a good movie

*adrenaline starts to flow, you’re thrashing all around, acting like a maniac… whiplash!*

ARE YOU RUSHING OR ARE YOU DRAGGING?!

Duck season

Squid Games Red Light Green Light is a far easier game to play somehow. 

Schrödinger’s Straight. It is in a superposition of being simultaneously closed and open at the same time.

You have no idea the financial toll that three strait closings has on an economy!

Schrödinger's Strait. It is both open and closed at the same time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clopen_set People laughed at mathematicians for years for studying ridiculous concepts like things that are both open and closed at the same time.  They were trying to warn us 

Tariff! No tariff! \[EDIT:\] [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3deiv5Ozmvk](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3deiv5Ozmvk)

Wabbit season! Duck season! Wabbit season! Duck season!

What you need is the [Straight of Hormuz monitor ](https://hormuzstraitmonitor.com/)

Double closed

Build a tunnel. That'll f***'em.

Somebody go back and get a shsitload of dimes!!

If the strait is open then they should be able to use it

If the Trump admin is competent enough, they should allow 1 Iranian ship for every 20 non-Iranian ships passing the straits. It is totally normal since Iranian oil export is around 5% of total transit pre war. It gives enough incentives for both sides to gradually open the straits, but still give US enough leverage for negotiation.

Lloyd! Lloyd!

Did you say "no take backsies" though?

You want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?

The blockades of the blockades will continue until the Dow improves. 

But there's so much more winning to be had!

Did you expect something different once the lunatics took over the asylum?

terrible for ratings, and trump hates that.

You forgot how a couple hours ago Iran insisted the strait was open and Trump thanked them for opening it while blocking it.

The way you put it it almost sounds like Iran closed the strait out of nowhere lol Like... It was open before the war started

I would be willing to bet they are not surprised either. I think turmoil and confusion is the goal and not just a byproduct.

I thought they'd make it 24 hours before demanding an end to the blockade but I'm an optimist. It was the clear and obvious next step, they can't give up the strait without the blockade being lifted unless they're just giving up

I think you answered your own question there.

Uh actually yes kind of lol. Scroll down a little bit on this link: https://thestraitwatch.com/

Their foreign minister mostly, but in reality, nobody there even knows who is in charge. The only person for sure that is utterly powerless is Pezeshkian.

Whats going on is that the wealthiest people in the world are gaming the stock markets. Thats really what is happening.

Trump wants to manipulate markets/ thick as mince/both started some dumb shit, which has led to going around a circle

Iran was blockading the Straight. The US is blockading Iran, not the Straight.

Iran is.

The U.S. isn't blocking the Straight, Iran is. The U.S. is blockading Iran.

I agree lift the blockade when Iran opens up the internet. BUT, let’s be consistent. Saudi Arabia blocks human rights websites, jails people for tweets, and until 2018 wouldn’t let women drive. The UAE blocks political speech entirely. Pakistan just installed Chinese Great Firewall technology to crush dissent. India shut down the internet 10 times in the first half of 2025 alone. All of these are U.S. allies. Some host U.S. military bases. Saudi Arabia gets weapons deals. So internet freedom and human rights are the bar for Iran, why isn’t Riyadh sanctioned? Why are we selling F-15s to a country where women still need a male guardian’s permission for basic life decisions? So let’s apply the standard equally. Impose sanctions, blockade and cut off aid until those countries meet the open up their internet for the free flow on information.

Good signal for his friends to sell... This time it won't 'look' like market manipulation as badly because everyone got the news. But key investors absolutely would have got the news earlier.