{"id":31,"date":"2026-03-13T18:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthsage.com\/w1\/?p=31"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:04:29","slug":"strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truthsage.com\/w1\/2026\/03\/13\/strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>20260312<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some thoughts regarding the current situation with the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Our Opinion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Free navigation of legitimate purely commercial ships is essential to the entire international community. (Note, this does not include spy ships or military ships disguised as commercial ships or dual use military\/commercial ships, or uninsured shadow fleet ships, etc. all of which are a different issue.) The interruption of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz could contribute to oil shortages, shortages of fertilizer which could lead to starvation in some countries, and shortages of other goods and materials. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What Travels Through the Strait of Hormuz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Crude Oil <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bunker Fuel (This is the oil that fuel ships. A significant percentage comes through the Strait of Hormuz. If there becomes a shortage of Bunker Fuel it will be the poorer nations of the world that are hit the hardest.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LPG\/LNG (One impact of a shortage would impact electrical generation.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fertilizer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What Iran Sends Through the Strait<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Oil and other exports<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is the lifeblood of the country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They also are dependent on imports that come through the Strait such as food staples<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What Does Iran Export<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Crude oil and natural gas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plastics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fruits and nuts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ores, slag and ash<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iron and Steel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organic chemicals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What Does Iran Import<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cereals (rice, wheat, corn) (also soybeans, barley and vegetable oils)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electrical and electronic equipment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vehicles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pharmaceutical products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>General Conditions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Iran does not currently grow enough food to feed its people<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Key challenges to food self-sufficiency for Iran: water scarcity, droughts, rising demand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oil and gas exports are the primary source of income for Iran. Petrochemicals also contribute.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We have seen estimates of the amount of crude oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz as ranging from 20 to 25% of the world supply. If this is cut off it is not the rich nations of the world that are not going to be able to get oil. It will be the impoverished and developing nations that will be priced out of the market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What Iran Did<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Basically Iran tried to blackmail the entire world into allowing it to continue to be a terrorist state when it threatened to close the Strait.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep in mind that Iran has been harassing shipping through the Strait for many years. Here are a few examples:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2019 &#8211; limpet mine attacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 2019 &#8211; detained the Stena Impero<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021 &#8211; drone strike killed two mariners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April 2024 &#8211; seized the MSC Aries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2025 &#8211; detained a Togo-flagged tanker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>December 2025 &#8211; detained an unnamed oil tanker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Between February 28 and March 11, 2026 13 attacks have been reported.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While effectively closing the Strait to everyone else, Iran has continued to export oil. Iran has shipped at least 11.7 million barrels of oil through the Strait to China between 02\/28\/2026 and 03\/12\/26.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iran is continuing to function as a terrorist state disrupting the free commerce and trade of Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and all of their trading partners.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iran has directly attacked Israel, US bases, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, and Turkey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What the US (President Trump) Should Have Done (And Should Still Immediately Do)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When Iran (the Islamic Republic and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) threatened to close the Strait and all shipping the US should have simply said, &#8220;The safe flow of shipping is critical to the world. You have 24 hours to declare that shipping will not be attacked and end all GPS jamming. If you attack any commercial ships anywhere (the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman) we will wipe out your ports including all facilities at the Kharg Island terminal and the Jask terminal as well as significant portions of your oil infrastructure and production capabilities. It will be decades before you are able to export any oil again.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While it is true that much of the funding for the Islamic Republic and the IRGC is through illicit means, it is believed that this eliminating all Iran Oil exports would cut off much of the money\/funding flowing to the Islamic Republic and IRGC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20260312 Here are some thoughts regarding the current situation with the Strait of Hormuz. In Our Opinion: What Travels Through the Strait of Hormuz What Iran Sends Through the Strait What Does Iran Export What Does Iran Import General Conditions What Iran Did What the US (President Trump) Should Have Done (And Should Still Immediately [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iran","category-world-events"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthsage.com\/w1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthsage.com\/w1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthsage.com\/w1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthsage.com\/w1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthsage.com\/w1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/truthsage.com\/w1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/truthsage.com\/w1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthsage.com\/w1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthsage.com\/w1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthsage.com\/w1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}