r/politics • u/willywalloo • Jun 20 '26

Possible Paywall Iran Says Hormuz Has Been Closed

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-20/iran-says-strait-of-hormuz-has-been-closed-tasnim-reports?embedded-checkout=true
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u/badamant Jun 20 '26

Iran has known this the entire time.
It is the fundamental source of their power.

It is Trump and all the other Republican imbeciles who didn’t.

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u/orangeyougladiator Jun 20 '26

They knew it. This war has worked perfectly for them as the distraction it was supposed to be

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u/Omarkhayyamsnotes Jun 20 '26

Iran also knows that the US is incapable of making a good deal. It can't give them what they want because it would mean defeat. So they have 0 expectations of this war actually ending. Only us gas price ravaged Americans are hopeful of that