A senior commander in ’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned at the weekend that the beleaguered regime in Tehran, reeling from ’s relentless onslaught on its leadership, military assets and energy infrastructure, might move to close the Strait of Hormuz.
It’s a threat the Mullahs regularly resort to at times of tension or when their backs are against the wall.
The Strait of Hormuz links the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean and the sea lanes beyond through which 30 per cent of the world’s seaborne crude oil and 20 per cent of liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments pass, making the channel (only 21 miles wide at its narrowest), one of the world’s most critical chokepoints for global energy supplies.
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