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Iran vs US: Who really controls the Strait of Hormuz? | DW News

The latest fighting between the United States and Iran has shifted attention away from Iran's nuclear programme and towards one of the world's most strategically important waterways: the Strait of Hor

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No. Just like the Germans can’t control the English Channel or the Strait of Dover. A lesson the Germans learned during WW2. It’s an international waterway for freedom of navigation and free trade.
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America is half way across the world, it doesn't matter how many military bases they have all over the world, they can't control it because its logistically difficult.
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What? It doesn't look straight to me! 😅
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@dm-ip8js From YouTube ↗ 15 Jul 2026 25
Washington has systematically dismantled every diplomatic off-ramp, leaving Iran with no recourse but decisive and powerful retaliation.

Every American provocation and act of aggression has been met by Iran with swift, decisive, and fully lawful retaliation. These responses are not acts of escalation but the inherent, non-negotiable right of a sovereign nation to defend itself under international law, specifically Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. To brand Iran as the aggressor is to invert reality entirely. The US war machine chose this path, and Iran is not the one to surrender.

Having exhausted the diplomatic track – repeatedly sabotaged by an American regime notoriously known for its lack of good faith – Iran has transitioned from a defensive posture to a strategically offensive one.

Iran will not compromise or offer any concessions on the Strait. It will continue to manage the waterway according to its sovereign rights and the new realities on the ground because the United States, through its continued violations and aggression, has left no other path.
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The Gulf states would be safer without US “protection”.
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Trump and co. are international war criminals. They should receive one way justice.
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Countries which demand protection money for international waterway are evidently international rogues.
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I'm getting march de ja vu with the titles 😂
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@Alex-pw5tx From YouTube ↗ 15 Jul 2026 24
USA needs straight of Hormuz because majority of the oil the USA uses is stolen from Iraq and rebrand it as an American oil. If that does not flow through Hormuz, the USA and petrodollar will collapse.
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It is quite surreal that a country 12,000km away wants to control the strait, even though the entire strait belongs to the territorial waters (own territory) of Iran and Oman.
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You ever heard of the gambler's ruin? He keeps making bad bets, hoping for the one big payoff.
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"The spice must flow." Dune
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Like a toddler playing with a razor blade, please get that clown out before we all get hurt.
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Create troubles in peaceful place and then ask for money for making it peaceful . Complete MAFIYA style
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I tried to buy hormuz today. My local deli told me they were fresh out.
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Iran controls it now, they didn't before the war and now they do. Thanks Trump and Netanyahu, what a wonderful gift you've given them.
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Iran: we are closing the Strait
US: let us close it for you
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Several people have noted that the United States entered a late dementia phase and is now hallucinating with no possible connection to functional reality.
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All are wrong, Greenland controls the strait of Hormuz
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@dwnews From YouTube ↗ 15 Jul 2026 17
The focus of this conflict has shifted dramatically. Is the real issue now Iran's nuclear program, or who controls one of the world's most important shipping lanes? We'd like to hear your view.