\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIran\u2019s threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for global oil and gas trade, have reignited concerns amid escalating tensions with the United States. The situation follows a post by former President Donald Trump, who wrote, \u201cA whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.\u201d The Trump administration reportedly planned to destroy bridges and power sources across Iran, and when asked about the possibility of nuclear weapons, officials did not rule them out. Brent Nelsen, a professor at Furman University, shared his concerns about the implications of such threats. \u201cPlanning to wipe out or at least threatening to wipe out an entire civilization is just unprecedented. And the question I had is, I don’t think you could do that unless you use nuclear weapons,\u201d Nelsen said. The Strait of Hormuz, a commonly used waterway by many Middle Eastern countries, is only about 20 miles wide at its narrowest point, according to Bob Jones University politics professor Linda Abrams.\u201cIt\u2019s very easy to bottleneck things there. And it\u2019s very easy to protect it. If you\u2019re Iran, it\u2019s not a hard place to defend. So, they\u2019ve used it as a threat for the last 60 years,\u201d Nelsen said. The chokehold on the Strait is already affecting gas and oil prices globally. While the U.S. produces a significant amount of oil, the interconnected nature of the international market means disruptions in one region impact others worldwide. The path forward remains uncertain, and experts suggest keeping a close eye on developments over the next two weeks.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for global oil and gas trade, have reignited concerns amid escalating tensions with the United States. <\/p>\n
The situation follows a post by former President Donald Trump, who wrote, \u201cA whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.\u201d The Trump administration reportedly planned to destroy bridges and power sources across Iran, and when asked about the possibility of nuclear weapons, officials did not rule them out. <\/p>\n
Brent Nelsen, a professor at Furman University, shared his concerns about the implications of such threats. <\/p>\n
\u201cPlanning to wipe out or at least threatening to wipe out an entire civilization is just unprecedented. And the question I had is, I don’t think you could do that unless you use nuclear weapons,\u201d Nelsen said. <\/p>\n
The Strait of Hormuz, a commonly used waterway by many Middle Eastern countries, is only about 20 miles wide at its narrowest point, according to Bob Jones University politics professor Linda Abrams.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very easy to bottleneck things there. And it\u2019s very easy to protect it. If you\u2019re Iran, it\u2019s not a hard place to defend. So, they\u2019ve used it as a threat for the last 60 years,\u201d Nelsen said. <\/p>\n
The chokehold on the Strait is already affecting gas and oil prices globally. While the U.S. produces a significant amount of oil, the interconnected nature of the international market means disruptions in one region impact others worldwide. <\/p>\n
The path forward remains uncertain, and experts suggest keeping a close eye on developments over the next two weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for global oil and gas trade, have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[22183,22184,693,22188,5828,1885,38,22185,897,376,22190,3804,22189,2611,2336,102,22191,34,22186,49,1258,5557,213,261,7616,22192,1219,101,6933,51,22187],"class_list":{"0":"post-56924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-strait-of-hormuz","8":"tag-bob-jones-university","9":"tag-brent-nelsen","10":"tag-concern","11":"tag-consequences","12":"tag-critical-waterway","13":"tag-disruption","14":"tag-donald-trump","15":"tag-furman-university","16":"tag-gas","17":"tag-gas-prices","18":"tag-gas-trade","19":"tag-global","20":"tag-global-alarm","21":"tag-global-oil","22":"tag-history","23":"tag-hormuz","24":"tag-international-market","25":"tag-iran","26":"tag-linda-abrams","27":"tag-middle-east","28":"tag-nuclear","29":"tag-nuclear-weapon","30":"tag-oil","31":"tag-oil-prices","32":"tag-post","33":"tag-significant-amount","34":"tag-strait","35":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","36":"tag-threat","37":"tag-united-states","38":"tag-wyff"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116366986659300902","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}