{"id":71219,"date":"2026-04-18T05:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T05:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/71219\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T05:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T05:52:13","slug":"opinion-passage-through-the-strait-of-hormuz-is-a-right-in-war-and-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/71219\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion | Passage through the Strait of Hormuz is a right in war and peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

On February 28, the United States<\/a> and Israel<\/a> bombed Iran. In response, Iran<\/a> closed the Strait of Hormuz to the passage of all shipping.<\/p>\n

This has caused a crisis in energy supply chains, with serious economic consequences for countries, including Asian ones, that rely heavily on the strait for their energy supplies.<\/p>\n

To compound matters, US President Donald Trump<\/a> announced a sweeping blockade<\/a> of Iranian ports, which would impede the passage of all maritime traffic entering and exiting the strait. Neutral states are caught in the crosshairs of a US-Israel war against Iran<\/a> with the Hormuz Strait as a chokepoint.<\/p>\n

This has literally choked the passage of shipping. Some perspective is needed here: under international law, in straits used for international navigation, there is a clear right of unimpeded passage for all foreign-flagged vessels. The devil, however, is in the details in times of war.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn illustration shows the Strait of Hormuz, which is bordered by Iran and Oman. Photo: ReutersThe Strait of Hormuz is bordered by Iran and Oman<\/a>. It is among the most critical chokepoints in the world, with some 20 per cent of global oil supplies passing through it, much of it headed for Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On February 28, the United States and Israel bombed Iran. In response, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[488,22810,26381,26382,102,34,5122,37,26380,17433,181,5896,26379,1876,101,51],"class_list":{"0":"post-71219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-strait-of-hormuz","8":"tag-asia","9":"tag-association-of-southeast-asian-nations","10":"tag-cna","11":"tag-dr-nilufer-oral","12":"tag-hormuz","13":"tag-iran","14":"tag-iraq-iran-war","15":"tag-israel","16":"tag-james-kraska","17":"tag-joint-comprehensive-plan-of-action","18":"tag-oman","19":"tag-philippines","20":"tag-san-remo-manual","21":"tag-singapore","22":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","23":"tag-united-states"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116424156332051001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71219","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=71219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}