Iran eyes fees on Hormuz internet cables as new lever against the West

Maritime tracking data and shipping reports show only a handful of vessels successfully transiting the narrow waterway in recent days, mostly Chinese-owned tankers carrying Iraqi crude or other authorized cargoes after securing Iranian permission.

While Donald Trump landed in Beijing seeking Chinese help on Iran, Tehran was unveiling something far bigger in the background — a sweeping new Hormuz strategy that could dramatically expand Iranian control over one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints.

United States President Donald Trump has discussed the Strait of Hormuz and the US-Israel war on Iran during his meeting with China’s Xi Jinping as negotiations to end the conflict and open the waterway are stalled.

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