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The United States is a net exporter of total petroleum (crude oil and refined products) as of 2026, meaning it produces more than it consumes.please check yourself also
If you are israel and the US, why on earth would you take Iran seriously?
Whats preventing israel from “mowing the lawn” 6 months from now when they have a chance to kill mojtaba and another 50 senior officials in a single strike?
Why would they take Iran seriously when they can bomb and kill anytime they want and demand a ceasefire that Iran instantly agrees to?
Iran is extremely predictable, timid and absolutely gullible to a shameful degree
Biggest loser as always : the Iranian people.
The Iranian government has completely failed and lost all legitimacy to lead Iran.
Iranians need to ask themselves… do you really want another 40 years of this? I dont.
It does. If your argument for the legitimacy of collecting tolls from a waterway is that you have built it, and hence you are eligible to collect tolls for your investment, then the Suez Canal is also not eligible for that.It does not matter who built the Suez Canal. The only thing that matter is "who holds the Suez Canal".
State the international law that defines what rights Iran has in its territorial watersIran has the right of territorial water of Strait of Hormuz in a way that it can extract oil, gas etc but when it comes to passing tankers through Strait of Hormuz, international law kicks in. All the straits in world allow fee passage of tankers without any toll tax.
Different countries are charged differently. If you play nice, you can be exempted from the toll. Iraq, China and Russia are already receiving serious discounts. Pakistan is getting discounts too, but not as much as Iraq, China or Russia.Do you think its fair for Pak or any other Gulf nation to pay $2 million per tanker toll tax when they are sitting not very far from Strait of Hormuz. No one likes it and no one in the world will allow you to charge toll tax.
Most people look at raw numbers and miss the finer details.The United States is a net exporter of total petroleum (crude oil and refined products) as of 2026, meaning it produces more than it consumes.please check yourself also
The point is that if the legitimacy of your toll system comes from "having built" it, as if it was some sort of investment, then Egypt does not have such legitimacy either. Egypt inherited the Canal of Suez from the Persians, the Brits and the French and we have inherited it from God. I don't see a difference.
It does. If your argument for the legitimacy of collecting tolls from a waterway is that you have built it, and hence you are eligible to collect tolls for your investment, then the Suez Canal is also not eligible for that.
State the international law that defines what rights Iran has in its territorial watersEven the UNCLOS, which Iran has not ratified, disagrees with what you said. Countries are allowed to exercise traffic control over their territorial waters in time of war. It is pretty explicit.
Different countries are charged differently. If you play nice, you can be exempted from the toll. Iraq, China and Russia are already receiving serious discounts. Pakistan is getting discounts too, but not as much as Iraq, China or Russia.
Because it's a waterway. Why on earth should it be tolled? It seems pretty arbitrary.Its not "having built". Its that a canal runs entirely through a sovereign territory of a country. Why on earth it should not be tolled. Even if the canal would be God made, Egypt would still be collecting tolls.
The Strait of Hormuz does not pass through Iran, but the deeper part of it which is used by heavy tankers and containers, particularly oil tankers, falls inside our territorial waters. The concept of territorial waters is already an established thing. Even the UNCLOS, which Iran has not ratified, accepts that sovereign states have a 12 nautical mile buffer that they can exercise full control over it.The strait of hormuz does not pass through Iran. If tolls are to be collected from straits and seas then Oman has equal rights. Then singapore and malaysia too will say that we are putting tolls over strait of malacca. Spain should apply tolls at strait of Gibraltar. Even arguing for this cause is bad. Seas belongs to all nations of the world. Whole world will engage in WW3 if neighboring countries try to tollized the choke points of global oceans.
No integration into international system or sanctions relief has been offered to Iran. So, that's a hypothetical situation that is far from the current reality. GCC states will not be able to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. It mostly impacts their imports rather than their exports.Lastly, GCC countries will never pay tolls anyways. They will pass the cost to consumers / buyers, means higher price of oil for ordinary people. Instead thinking of tolls, Iran should pursue integration into international system and should pursue sanctions relief. I think Iran got leverage by blocking the strait, it should have exchanged that with sanctions relief but US has already countered it by blocking Iran's ports and exports. So now that card is gone. Now US says we will lift blockade once Iran open up strait.
Most people look at raw numbers and miss the finer details.
US refineries are setup to process heavy crude they import that from likes of Canada and now Venezuela, US is a net importer of heavy crude oil.
US is a net exporter of lighter crude oil, but the markets in Asia that have been affected by the war, their refineries prefer medium to heavy crude as their industries need things like diesel, petrochemicals for fertilisers. US light crude is not suited for that.
So the US can not replace the PG oil in type or quantity. Trumpy spouts hot air thats why closure of the SOH effects every country including the US.
Crude oil is the fuel which runs modern economies, trumpy might say we dont need oil from the PG but he knows oil prices are spot and the same everywhere. He knows if ME, Asian, European countries economies tank they wont be buying expensive US services or high tech goods, they wont be investing in the US either, US is a net importer- scarcity in goods tarrif or not will increase import costs for Americans leading to higher inflation.
Inflation will push up interest rates which will make cost of lending go up increasing for US government. Then you will have lower economic activity, higher interest rates higher inflation leading to companies cutting investment and costs - lots of job cuts, then recession.
This takes time but already a big shock has occurred, the shock wave just hasn't hit us yet.
Exactly. Now try again, because as I have repeatedly said, Iran has not ratified UNCLOS. Hence, Iran is not bound to respect the UNCLOS."Transit passage is a legal regime under UNCLOS Part III allowing all ships and aircraft unimpeded freedom of navigation and overflight through straits used for international navigation. It applies to transit between one part of the high seas/EEZ and another, ensuring continuous and expeditious passage that cannot be suspended by coastal states, differing from the more restrictive "innocent passage".
Key aspects of transit passage include:
- Scope: Applies to straits connecting high seas/EEZ, such as the Straits of Malacca, Gibraltar, Hormuz, and Bab-el-Mandeb."
As far as Suez Canal is concerned, the only thing that does matter is "who holds the Suez Canal".
I want all Pakistanis to think about paying the toll tax per tanker through Strait of Hormuz and be nice to Iranians as you said.
Anyway Iran will not be allowed to charge toll tax at Strait of Hormuz and US did the right thing to call out your bluff by blocking the Iranian ports.
Weird though right trump keeps pretending that American oil companies can cover any and all fuel related issues I’m thinking of there isn’t a grand deal in store for Iran we are going back to war in the next couple of days and let’s see what happens with the world crumbling all around us because of itThe pain is real
They are trying to force Iran to open the Hormuz and surrender to terms
The closure of the Hormuz is as painful as any missile, bomb, drone or anytime
Iranians shouldn't be upset at the ceasefire, it's the Hormuz closure that's the real weapon
Football world cup is coming up, keep everything shut
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