Politics
Iran defends itself via closing key shipping strait
Iran responded this morning to the illegal US-Israel attacks on its facilities and attempts to assassinate its leadership with missile and drone attacks on Israel and on US bases in the region. Tonight, it has announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which runs along a large part of its coastline, to all shipping.
The territorial greed of the US and Israel – and the desire of Donald Trump for a distraction from his Epstein crimes – has put the world on the edge of a global financial meltdown, as well as of outright war.
During the ’12-day war’ of 2025, which saw Iranian retaliation pummel Israel and force back US naval vessels, Iran’s parliament approved the closure of the Strait. It didn’t have to implement it fully – Israel and the US quickly backed down.
Iran’s ability to close the Strait, through which a third of global gas and a quarter of global oil consumption passes, is widely acknowledged. A prolonged closure will mean economic catastrophe impacting billions. All for the sake of a war criminal’s ambitions and an old pervert’s desire to avoid humiliation until he dies.
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