• davel@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    🤷 I have absolutely no doubt that Iran has had mines prepared for blockading the strait for decades, and I don’t think bluffing is Iran’s usual M.O., so I think this is likely regardless of what anonymous US sources say.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      The parliament did vote to close it, and I’m betting that’s really what forced the US to back off cause they realized an energy market crisis would be a domestic disaster. That’s the nuclear option Iran has.