Iran government moves to block major oil, gas route
Iran government moves to block major oil, gas route
The Iranian parliament backed a move to close a major oil and gas route, after American airstrikes on its nuclear sites.
Gosh, I wonder what stirred them up?
They don't do it yet.
The parliament simply endorsed it. The final decision lies with their security council
While Iranian state media reported that the parliament had agreed to endorse blocking the strait, the decision ultimately belongs to Iran's Supreme National Security Council.
They're using what little leverage they have, and for once, without bombing or killing people. Surprisingly rational. Still a shitty regime, especially the way they treat their own citizens, but anyways...
Do Americans think themselves better for how they treat their own citizens? Because they lock up more of their own than even North Korea.
Two things can be true at once. Telling an American they aren't allowed to criticize any government in existence because their own is also bad is asinine.
I saw some statistic here on Lemmy the other day about how most Southern states in the US have the most like detainment or conviction or incarceration rates in the world, only followed by El Salvador.
Our government abuses our citizens so fucking much
Not disagreeing, especially as of lately...
Doing anything more would likely get more strikes from a war-hungry US administration looking for any reason to flex. At least a passive response might get some sympathy from the rest of the world...not that they'll jump up to do much even if the US does something else.
What are you even talking about!? Nobody gives a shit if they bomb or kill people. Raising gas prices will bring more military consequences in a week than you'd get for a hundred years of genocide.
Where’s that goose meme
“And how are the using that leverage”
“HOW ARE THEY USING THAT LEVERAGE”
So usually, in a fight/disagreement what have you, the opponents will use whatever leverage they have access to against the other entity. This is exactly the thing everyone said they were going to do and, surprise! They did the thing. Let's not pretend who the aggressors here are, much like in the Ukraine fiasco. Nobody is a saint, but there is still a "bad guy" vs people just doing their thing. Not being allowed to exist because someone else says nah-uh is just... kinda bullshit.
much like in the Ukraine fiasco.
Can you explain what you mean by this?
Geopoitically, the strait of Hormuz is sided by Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
Iran can't just close the strait without implicating the others.Renamed to "strait of America" in three.. two..
Renamed [gas goes] "straight to America" in three... two...
I disagree, they can close the straight because missles.
However 100% of Iranian oil goes through that straight so what they are doing is reminding us not to blow up Khargg island.
There are no international waters in the "straight" (even.if there were), it would implicate other countries so, no, they can't just close it without implicating others.
Also closing it means Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain have a massive shipping problem, which would really threaten those countries in such a massive way, that it could be seen as an attack on them. Not to mention that oil is shipped to countries all around the world. Basically everybody who is not an oil exporter is going to hate them for doing it.
Also Iran needs to ship oil via the straight as well. Starting some conflict around it, would really hurt their income.
(I know it's silly, but the title of the next post made me chuckle - that's is def how people will think of this & not why do we even still depend on oil.)