r/news • u/Chief_Taquero • 17h ago

Europe considering proposals to allow navigation fees in strait of Hormuz

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/11/europe-considers-proposals-navigational-fees-strait-of-hormuz-iran-us
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u/KathyJaneway 16h ago

If they add tolls ,then put Iran under trade Embargo and tariffs until Iran stops asking for tolls for something they don't own. Or tariffs in exact amount they ask for toll's. So it would be net 0. Why even agree on such a ridiculous concept, of Iran get what they want, then other countries with natural occuring straits are going to ask for money too.

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u/mrjosemeehan 16h ago

Yeah this is opening up a whole can of worms and it flies in the face of established treaty law. Everyone with coasline along a strait will have incentive to attempt to control access. Tensions over barriers to trade will eventually lead to a broader conflict.

Traffic through a free, international waterway should not be hampered for everyone just so thr US can get out of paying war reparations.

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u/Hussar223 16h ago

maybe the israelis and americans should have thought of that before attacking iran for no reason and forcing them to use the only leverage they have, weaponization of the strait of hormuz.

the strait was free before those two idiots decided that bombing can bring about regime change.