As US lifts its blockade, Tehran says fees to cover cost of managing waterway will come into effect at end of 60-day negotiation period

Tehran says fees to cover cost of managing waterway will come into effect at end of 60-day negotiation period

Iran has announced plans to introduce a system of maritime fees in the strait of Hormuz in two months, after the 60-day period of negotiation that has been triggered by the signing of the memorandum of understanding.

Tehran, claiming a historic victory over the US, said the strait was under its control and a European plan for a naval mission to escort ships though the strait would not be welcome.

The warning came as the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, had said Israel “will maintain the security zone in south Lebanon as long as our security needs require it”, referring to the more than 600 sq km of Lebanese territory occupied by Israeli troops along the border.

  • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Saudi Arabia should build a pipeline similar to the Alaska Pipeline that lets them transport oil from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea. There’s already the Sumed pipeline that gets around the physical size limitations of the Suez Canal. A cross-Saudi one would completely neuter this power grab by Iran…

      • WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        This “stranglehold” only happened because of the US and Israel. Iran’s actions seem pretty sensible considering how we got to where we are today.

      • nullspace@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Lots of things do, but luckily enough solar PCBs are so small and simple that changing their supply chain would add a negligible cost while the transition to solar as a whole will bring in enough savings to offset that and more.

        • FurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          2 days ago

          I don’t think it’s that simple, they also need transformers to make AC and those need more PCBs, various electronics also need helium to engrave the wafers, it’s not really that simple.

          • nullspace@lemmy.world
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            2 days ago

            We could go down the rabbit hole of each individual component and get into a nitpicky argument, but I’m not interested in doing that.

            Instead I’m going to make the claim that solar panels themselves are so cheap now that if the US transitioned most of its power grid to solar it would pay for itself within our lifetime. Independence from petrostates is achievable. It’s a policy choice that it hasn’t happened yet.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      There is the notion of free passage on the seas. Imagine if every country could say “we’re enacting a toll on passage through our waters.” It would make maritime trade much more expensive and dangerous.