ShapurII
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Not a pipeline, but a canal. Something like Volga-Don canal that has existed for decades. How do you plan to destroy something like the Volga-Don canal?The benefits go far beyond direct tolling income. Shaping behavior will force nations to avoid hostile actions including hosting bases, do business with Iran, buy and sell materials and technology, buy oil and petrochemicals, etc. and eventually align militarily. That coercive power is the foundation of the American empire. Iran can do the same. It is impossible to put a dollar figure on the value of that.
Pipelines can easily be destroyed if the will exists. The Russian pipeline was blown up on deep sea bed. All Iran has to do is disrupt the Saudi and UAE oil flow through pipes. One Shahed hit a day at a random pumping station will do the job. Or the entire processing facilities can go up in smoke in extreme cases. That part is easy. Iran currently possesses the capability to prevent them from exporting oil if it really wants to. If that comes to force it will be regional hegemony.
Petro Rial would be the crown jewel and the confluence of all the above.
And countries will start to use that canal to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, rendering the Strait of Hormuz useless.






