Iran declares Strait of Hormuz shut 'until further notice' after IRGC fires warning shots

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Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz after the IRGC fired warning shots at a vessel it said used an unauthorized route 

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Iran's Revolutionary Guard announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz following a confrontation with a vessel in the strategic waterway (Getty Images)

TEHRAN, IRAN: Iran has announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz after its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it fired warning shots at a vessel attempting to cross the strategic waterway through what it described as an unauthorized route.

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I suppose this is a good way for Iran to be totally obliterated as it surely will be if they try to completely close the Straits of Hormus.

yes they have no care for their safety ,they have a death wish the old goats in charge

31 minutes ago, 3NUMBAS said:

Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz after the IRGC fired warning shots at a vessel it said used an unauthorized route

As this their local waterway, they have every right to direct shipping as per their national laws, especially in a national security situation.

Hmm, which country is it, which talks incessantly about "national security" trumping every law and agreement?

Before somebody comes with "this is a strait for international navigation": if you are from the US, shut up, because both Iran and the USA have missed ratifying UNCLOS, so it is not an applicable international law for either of them.

Actually, if you are from the USA, shut up doubly, as you are allowing only national flagged ships going from port to port, doing pretty much the same thing that Iran wants to do now.

So, before pointing towards other countries in far away parts of the world, clean up your own shortcomings regarding international law and agreements. UNCLOS is just one, there are so many more.

The Geneva conventions, the Minimum age convention, Convention of the rights of the child, Convention against the discrimination against women, Convention against Torture would be just on the top of a long, very long list the USA should finally ratify, so they evolve from being the international pariah and terror state they are today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_treaties_unsigned_or_unratified_by_the_United_States

Edited 16 minutes ago16 min by jts-khorat

49 minutes ago, 3NUMBAS said:

yes they have no care for their safety ,they have a death wish the old goats in charge

The old goats are dead. They were killed off in the initial strikes. These are younger, more fanatical goats.

Well done, Donald!