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Hormuz traffic has climbed to its highest levels since the early days of the war, as more countries secure apparent safe-passage agreements with Iran. (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] 28 points 6 months ago (6 children)

The panama canal and the suez canal both have transit fees.

My lib opinion is that because nothing ever happens, Iran will let everyone go through the strait toll-free, except for US/isntreali/maybe gulf states.

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  • [–] 46 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    Iran has stated the situation will continue but they will have a 5 tiers based on how "friendly" a country is, which will determine the price per barrel of oil.

    A table for reference:

    Tier Classification Base Rate (per barrel) Key Countries
    Tier 1 Strategic Allies $0.50 – $0.70 China, Russia
    Tier 2 Friendly Partners $0.80 – $0.90 India, Pakistan
    Tier 3 Neutral Nations ~$1.00 African, SE Asian, Latin Am.
    Tier 4 Restricted / Ad-hoc Negotiated Variable
    Tier 5 Hostile / Blockaded Denied Passage USA, Israel
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  • [+] -16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    The strait of hormuz isn't built infrastructure that also takes labor to maintain

    The takes you people are having are exactly what I expected. US is evil, iran is fighting the U.S., therefore everything beneficial to iran is good. Literally defending taking rent lmao good job

    And for pointing out that this is a rent seeking arrangement i'm accused of being some pro U.S. stooge? everyone in this thread can lick my ass balls to crack

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    I just don't think these kinds of tolls will be enacted permanently with no leeway for developing nations.

    Iran needs the money for the war, they've shown to waive the transit fees to countries who ask nicely, and it's giving them the capability to pressure other governments to vocalize their dissatisfaction with the US/isntreal warcrimes.

    We have France condemning the US now, if Iran blocked all of the EU's passage through the strait, I think NATO would join in on the bombing campaign.

    Everyone thinks materialistically in the sense that the EU states know it would be an expensive bombing campaign that probably wouldn't guarantee safe passage for them after all is said and done. Iran provided them an alternative route, where they pay a toll now, and I'm assuming the tolls will be negotiable once the individual states prove they will not provide assistance to the terroristic bombings of Iran.

    Spain isn't even paying the tolls because they have been against the war from the get-go, it's a pretty powerful bargaining chip to have in Iran's arsenal. As long as you're not involved in the illegal bombing campaign, you won't get charged the fee.

    If anything, this would at least pay for the damages the bombing campaign has done to Iran's infrastructure / killings of thousands of civilians. The US/isntreal will never pay reparations for the crimes they committed, and the fees will scale with how much material and diplomatic support the terrorist states received from each individual country.

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