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gab13by13

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7. Hormuz is closed to everyone that doesn't deal with Iran.

Reply to onenote (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 1, 2026, 09:40 AM

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A lot more than oil goes through Hormuz.

I have no idea what arrangement China made with Iran but China is Iran's biggest oil customer so it has to treat China nice and vice versa.

Pay a toll and one gets safe passage

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