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Oil tankers are steering clear of the ​Strait of Hormuz ahead of a U.S. blockade later on Monday following failed peace talks ‌between the U.S. and Iran over the weekend, shipping data showed.

Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. Navy would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes after marathon talks with Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war, ​jeopardising a fragile two-week ceasefire.

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[–] jagermo@feddit.org 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

For an impressive graphical representation, check out "Is Hormuz open yet?"

[–] leoj@piefed.zip 6 points 1 day ago

I stand with the big mac.

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[–] Ziggurat@jlai.lu 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The history plot is pretty impressive.

I'm going to cite the US president Open the fucking straight

[–] magnue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Don't forget to release the files also

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't know, blocking and maybe attacking other ships without reason sounds a lot like what pirates would do...

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The US has been doing it in America for close to an year, it's pushing for them to start doing it at Asia too.

[–] axh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love how Tronald Dumb dealt with the Iranian blockade by adding his own blockade to block Iran from blocking... They can't block anyone if no one is sailing.