https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/26/iran-plans-tolls-on-ships-passing-through-strait-of-hormuz.htmlIran is preparing legislation that would impose tolls on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian state-aligned media.Traffic in the waterway, a critical shipping route, has effectively come to a standstill since the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran began almost four weeks ago. Subsequent supply constraints, along with attacks on energy facilities and regional production shutdowns, have pushed oil prices into triple digits.Revolutionary Guard-aligned news agency Fars said overnight that a lawmaker had told its reporter the plans to impose tolls were also a bid to officialize Iranian supervision over the Strait of Hormuz.A draft had been prepared, but was not yet complete, Fars reported. It said lawmakers were planning to complete a draft bill by next week, so it would be ready to put to parliament.The lawmaker said Iran would collect tolls in exchange for secure passage through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a Google translation. Multiple media reports have emerged in recent weeks that Iran has been charging ships vast sums to bypass traffic in the waterway. CNBC has not been able to independently verify those claims.As the conflict moves closer to its fifth week, Washington and Tehran are delivering mixed messages on whether they are in negotiations to bring the war to an end. Iran is reported to have received a 15-point peace plan from U.S. President Donald Trump, but Iranian media said Wednesday night that officials in Tehran have dismissed the proposal.Oil was last seen trading sharply higher, with Brent crude futures jumping more than 3% higher to $165.65 a barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rising 3.6% to $93.59 per barrel.
Speaking to CNBC’s “Access Middle East” on Thursday, Karen Young, senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, said it was “very clear” Iran would not be able to operate a toll booth through the Strait of Hormuz.“That’s something that the GCC states [including the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman] are not going to accept and not going to tolerate,” she said.“Any kind of side bargains or bilateral bargains with Iran in terms of their transit abilities, I think at the longer term, is just not tenable or acceptable to the rest of the exporters in the region.”
How does Iran even still have a government? Keep blowing them up.
>>1500617>How does USA even still have a government? Keep blowing themselves up.FTFY
>>1500620Who was blown up in the USA government?The ayatollah ali khamenei, the head of state of Iran was blown up in a drone strike
>>1500621Most countries have someone to take over in case of an emergency. >>1500617The only thing blown up is drumpfs ego.
>>1500631Sure.If they blew up Donald Trump, JD Vance would become president.So who did Iran blow up in the first place?
We charge ships to pass through the Panama Canal. what's the big deal? Ships pay to go through the Suez Canal too.
>>1500632Iran support Hezbollah against Israel. Israel invaded Lebanon a couple times back in the 80’s and the Lebanese government couldn’t stop them so some local people started their own militia to fight against the invading Zionists. This has all been deemed as very antisemitic, which is just the worst thing ever, so the US has to do everything they can to stop antisemitism it’s a moral imperative
>>1500633The way I see it is differently because it’s not a canal and the strait is shared between Iran, UAE, and Oman.
>>1500663Didn't Hezbollah commit genocide in Syria?
>>1500633>>1500666Let's be perfectly honest, if trump controlled the strait, he would absolutely be charging for safe passage given how corrupt he is.
Going into Iran was a mistake, but now that we are there, we have to complete the job. Trump needs to mobilize. Full-time war economy, draft, call in the works. It's going to be a hard battle, but we can't lose. Iran will continue to starve us of oil and fertilizer until we pay them 1 trillion in reparations and disarm completely, China will see weakness and flatten Taiwan, Japan, and Thailand, and that would really fuck the global economy and us (Japan holds a lot of our bonds and is actually integral to our economy, Taiwan produces all the semiconductor chips), and Russia will take Ukraine and then attack Poland.
>>1500707>Well guys we fucked up>Only choice is to go all in on the fuckup, probably destroy oil prices even further forever, and possibly also start World War 3I genuinely think it would be better if we removed Trump and co and then paid a big sum to Iran to get them to unblock the strait. Of course this isn't happening either, but it could work.
>>1500707It has to be more than a trillion, maybe a trillion a year for 30 years, and the US will have to leave all their bases in the Gulf and stop funding Israel. Iran will need some leverage too, they should get to keep Barron and a few other kids of the US leaders as guests so the Americans don’t try anything sneaky
>>1500709The big issue is that Iran holds all the strategic cards and is a fortress country. Many times, the biggest, bestest military doesn't win. Even if this was well planned out, it'd be a struggle. You'd have to knock out Iran on day one, or you'd get what we have now. But it wasn't well planned. It was a spur of the moment decision. We hadn't even evacuated civvies and nonessential personnel in the region before kicking this off.
>>1500712>But it wasn't well planned.You mean like Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan?>It was a spur of the moment decision.You mean like how Biden pulled out of Afghanistan?>We hadn't even evacuated civvies and nonessential personnel in the region before kicking this off.You mean like how Biden left US citizens and military equipment behind in Afghanistan?
>>1500713Seems more like it’s the military that are a bunch of retards rather than whichever president. Maybe they should stop huffing their own farts, they lost a lot of wars the past quarter century where they were the bigger stronger force
>>1500713Yep just like Afghanistan. Except instead of a fucked up exit from a war, we're doing a fucked up entrance and just keep fucking up from there.
>>1500615>US declares war>This is the greatest boom for the Iranian economy in fucking decadesHow do you fuck up this bad?
>>1500713and what about hunter's penis, esl shill? you forgot about that one
>>1500713>>It was a spur of the moment decision.>You mean like how Biden pulled out of Afghanistan?It was a bonespur of the moment decision to pull out of Afghanistan, since it was Trumps making it. Apparently keeping the promises your country made is a democrat thing, but who gives a shit about republicunts think? Its not like they honor their promises
>>1500725Israel. Israel declared war.
As far as Hormuz is the only one and the last lever of Iran, it can be simply taken
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