Iran is trying to force shippers to comply with a new protocol for transiting the Strait of Hormuz — or risk attack.
Tehran has laid out a set of new rules for vessels seeking to transit the strait, according to a document seen by CNN, pressing ahead with efforts to formalize control over the waterway in defiance of US warnings.
Entitled “Vessel Information Declaration,” the document is an application form issued by Iran’s newly created Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) and must be completed by all transiting vessels to ensure safe passage. It was shared with CNN by Lloyds List and another shipping industry source who wished to remain anonymous.
Not just that; the USA will have lost its reputation as the “world police” while Iran will now have a reputation as a country that stood up to their bully and won. Just like with Ukraine and Russia, the mighty are falling, and it’s going to be an interesting new world order.
Except the Ukrainian rulers are bending over backwards to suck up to and support the US and Israel in this war and everything else.