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The key Hormuz question that everybody is avoiding
['Apr Editor', 'Sri Krishnamurthi', 'Pacific Media Watch', 'Camille Nakhid', 'Duty Editor Of The Asia Pacific Report Evening Report Collaboration Feedback']
Asia Pacific Report
Special CorrespondentWhen you hear “Iran” and “Strait of Hormuz” in the same sentence, what comes to mind?
But here’s what they don’t tell you:Iran let the world sail through that waterway for free for more than 40 years — no tolls, no fees.
Meanwhile, other nations have been charging billions from ships using their strategic routes and nobody bats an eye.
It’s 20 percent of the world’s oil supply passing through daily (before that US-Israel attack on Iran on February 28).
If you spent years poking a lion, why are you shocked when it roars and starts charging admission?