Iran hat die Straße von Hormus wieder geöffnet – aber Experten sagen, Iran habe eine Karte „wie eine nukleare Abschreckung“

Iran’s foreign minister declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open” for commercial shipping on Friday, sending Brent crude down roughly $10 to around $89 a barrel within minutes and sent U.S. stocks to a fresh record high.

President Donald Trump quickly claimed credit on Truth Social, writing that the Strait is “COMPLETELY OPEN AND READY FOR BUSINESS” — but he made clear the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports isn’t going anywhere until a deal with Iran is “100% COMPLETE.” He added that the negotiation process “SHOULD GO VERY QUICKLY” because most of the points have already been worked out.

Despite the Strait opening, it’s unclear when commercial shippers will gain the confidence to resume normal operations. Some told the Wall Street Journal they were waiting for clearer security guarantees before resuming normal traffic, which before the war ran around 135 vessels a day.

On the face of it, the reopening is the clearest sign yet that the two-month U.S.-Iran war is winding down. But the bigger story, according to veteran energy analysts, is the fresh leverage Iran discovered it holds in the Gulf.

“It turns out the Strait of Hormuz functions almost like a nuclear deterrent,” said Jim Krane, a Gulf energy expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute and the author of books on Saudi and UAE energy policy. “It’s a pretty strong card that they play, basically holding global economy hostage to halt attacks on it.”

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Iran: im gonna block the strait

Trump: we will force it open

Also Iran: we will open the strait

Also Trump: we will force it closed

This entire bozo war is straight out of a simpsons episode

Iran didn’t know what it had until Trump showed it to them. They could even ditch the nuke program, because Hormuz is obviously much more effective. And damn hard to patch up too .

Gotta pump the Friday stocks.