Iran will control Strait of Hormuz 'forever', former senior US official says Submitted by Sean Mathews on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 21:15 In a Bloomberg interview, Amos Hochstein said the oil shortages that poor countries are experiencing could move to the West A woman crosses a street near a billboard on the facade of a building depicting the Strait of Hormuz with a caption in Persian reading 'Forever in Iran’s Hand', at Vanak Square in Tehran, Iran, on 6 May 2026 (AFP) Off Iran will control the Strait of Hormuz “forever”, regardless of what a peace deal between the US and the Islamic Republic says, forcing Gulf states to build new pipelines to bypass Iran’s chokehold, a former senior US official said on Tuesday. “But then it will go to middle-income countries, like Vietnam and Thailand, then it goes to Japan and Korea, and then it comes here.” War on Iran News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0 Submitted by Sean Mathews on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 21:15 In a Bloomberg interview, Amos Hochstein said the oil shortages that poor countries are experiencing could move to the West A woman crosses a street near a billboard on the facade of a building depicting the Strait of Hormuz with a caption in Persian reading 'Forever in Iran’s Hand', at Vanak Square in Tehran, Iran, on 6 May 2026 (AFP) Off Iran will control the Strait of Hormuz “forever”, regardless of what a peace deal between the US and the Islamic Republic says, forcing Gulf states to build new pipelines to bypass Iran’s chokehold, a former senior US official said on Tuesday. 'The Strait of Hormuz is under Iranian control forever-basically for the foreseeable future' - Amos Hochstein, former senior US energy official Hochstein said that no matter how the US frames an eventual peace deal with Iran as reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway’s littoral states will realise Iran has a de facto veto over its use. “But then it will go to middle-income countries, like Vietnam and Thailand, then it goes to Japan and Korea, and then it comes here.” War on Iran News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0 In a Bloomberg interview, Amos Hochstein said the oil shortages that poor countries are experiencing could move to the West A woman crosses a street near a billboard on the facade of a building depicting the Strait of Hormuz with a caption in Persian reading 'Forever in Iran’s Hand', at Vanak Square in Tehran, Iran, on 6 May 2026 (AFP)OffIran will control the Strait of Hormuz “forever”, regardless of what a peace deal between the US and the Islamic Republic says, forcing Gulf states to build new pipelines to bypass Iran’s chokehold, a former senior US official said on Tuesday. 'The Strait of Hormuz is under Iranian control forever-basically for the foreseeable future' - Amos Hochstein, former senior US energy official Hochstein said that no matter how the US frames an eventual peace deal with Iran as reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway’s littoral states will realise Iran has a de facto veto over its use.
Contesto politico
Contesto politico is a key reference point in this article. It matters here because it connects with politica and parlamento and makes it easier to see who decides, on what timeline and with what practical consequences.
