EPISODE · Mar 13, 2026 · 23 MIN
The myth about the closure of the Strait of Hormuz
from Breaking Bad Boys
The war in Iran is hinging on a media narrative, at the centre of which is a myth about the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. has maintained this myth for years, seeing this passage of water as a political asset and a potentially commercial one because it represents competition for their own oil trade and oil market. The Strait of Hormuz has never been closed and can’t be closed. The U.S. has, in its insistence that Iran closes the strait to cut off the global oil supply, revealed its own intention to exercise power and control over the supply of oil in order to inflate its price.
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The war in Iran is hinging on a media narrative, at the centre of which is a myth about the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. has maintained this myth for years, seeing this passage of water as a political asset and a potentially commercial one because it represents competition for their own oil trade and oil market. The Strait of Hormuz has never been closed and can’t be closed. The U.S. has, in its insistence that Iran closes the strait to cut off the global oil supply, revealed its own intention to exercise power and control over the supply of oil in order to inflate its price.
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