About 20% of the world’s oil passes through the strait, which is ‘protected’ by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards
New York — On Wednesday,
US President Donald Trump’s administration has been ramping up pressure on the clerical state, this week vowing to stop all oil exports from Iran by sanctioning any countries that defy its order. The US, which is closely allied with Arab states in the Gulf, has had years of small-scale naval confrontations with Iran, which has occasionally threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, the choke point through which 20% of the world’s oil flows.
The Trump administration recently branded the guards a terrorist group, the first time the US has made the far-reaching designation against a unit of a foreign government, as it demands that Iran curtail support for militant movements in the region.
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