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    Die USA erlauben iranischen Tankern die Durchfahrt durch die Straße von Hormus, sagt Bessent


    Die USA erlauben iranischen Tankern die Durchfahrt durch die Straße von Hormus, sagt Bessent

    https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/16/us-is-allowing-iranian-tankers-through-strait-of-hormuz-says-bessent.html

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    2. PanicOverNothing on

      The USA can’t attack Iran oil tankers as it would only make the situation worse. If they attack Iran’s tankers Iran would attack other tankers in the region. This would only make the oil prices raise faster, as there would be no chance of oil getting across the strait.

    3. Economy_Field9111 on

      Yes, the US is ‚letting‘ them through. Because it’s totally our choice. We have unquestioned control of the situation. :/

      This is an absolute clusterfuck and anyone that thinks it might end soon is a fool.

    4. GeraldJimes_ on

      Feel like this is an acknowledgement that one of the next things the US can consider trying is to blockade the strait themselves so Iran can’t ship out either. Basically a ‚let everything through or nothing is going through‘ move.

    7. SurlyPoe on

      Trump and Bessent are in the Epstein files and they are part of the Russian and Israeli backed Epstein class. The brass neck of this level of treason is mind blowing. Let the justice system deal with them.

    8. Klondike307 on

      Them announcing this right before the markets open shows how panicked they are.

    9. AshtonBlack on

      No, Iran, you’re not blockading the Strait! We are, or something…. something 100% destroyed! Thank you for your attention.

    12. coffeepagan on

      So today it’s Bessent who’s leading the war? Who’s tomorrow? Jared Kushner? Pam Bondi?

    13. TeeDotHerder on

      That’s like saying France is allowing US tankers through Gulf of Mexico.

    14. joseg1787 on

      The Trump administration is desperate but the world knows better than to trust those abusers.

    16. CopiousCool on

      Iran is making the once Super Power; America, look like a whipped school bully

      No one think’s you’re winning the fight, you’re leaking your lunch money all over the place and no one wants to help you despite your petulant screams and claims you won

    17. RLewis8888 on

      I dare you to cross this line.
      Ok, but what about this line.
      Ok, but what about…

    18. Loki-L on

      As long as Iran can still export oil through the strait, they won’t mine it.

      If they can’t export oil anymore, because their ships are intercepted or someone blows up their oil infrastructure, they have no reason to hold back anymore out of fear for their oil exports.

      Not that they are holding back much anyway or are acting all that rationally.

      For all we know they might not have the ability to mine the strait anymore.

      On the other hand right now some oil is still getting out onto the world’s market. If the US stops the delivery of oil from Iran to India, not only will India be upset, prices will go up for everyone.

      Oil prices going up even more is good for Russia and US oil companies, but bad for almost everyone else.

      I have no idea what the best path forward is and I don’t think the people making the decisions know either.

    19. jetsetter023 on

      Prices at the pump went up the same day as the attacks started. So this means the prices will go down the same day as this news right? Right?….

    20. natural_disaster0 on

      So whats the point of occupying Kharg island with the marines if Irans oil export industry is just allowed to continue

    21. faithOver on

      Im usually not one that piles on to assuming the total lack of compute on the part of the US administration.

      But this is next level.

      Iran closing the Strait would have been a top scenario. Its been taught as a case study for decades in economics and geo politics.

      This is to say it was an extremely predictable outcome that university students could have predicted. Truly unremarkable in its obviousness.

      So how is it that the US administration is caught flatfooted in the face of the energy shock created by Iran closing the Strait?

      Im genuinely perplexed. The Pentagon would have modelled this as a top scenario and provided a road map.

      Energy prices and the ensuing instability would have been part of that model.

      This is all so perplexing.

    25. IllVeterinarian6219 on

      Under a „**Free on Board“ (FOB)** contract, ownership of the oil passes from the seller to the buyer (purchasing nation) the moment it crosses the loading flange onto the vessel. In other words that is now Chinese oil and there is a three word term used in the event the US blocks those tankers…WORLD WAR THREE.

    26. izzytheasian on

      Allowing? More like the US can’t stop it without getting fucked as well as

    27. doctor_morris on

      The US escorting Iranian tankers through the strait is up there with the US paying the Taliban to protect their convoys in Afghanistan.

    28. shift013 on

      And just like that, Iran is making insane money lmao

      I’m surprised a well thought out military operation didn’t account for the closing of this strait as one of the first objectives, one of the largest concerns with attacking Iran historically.

      Like surely there were plans to prevent this in the game plan right? Or do businesses have more thought out plans on average than the best military in the world

    30. Particular_Ticket_20 on

      So the Big Beautiful Iran War Plan includes….Don’t Blockade Iranian Oil and…let me look…remove Russian Oil Sanctions???

      It’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for ‚em

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