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Iran war explained: Can the US control the Strait of Hormuz? | DW News
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11:27Now PlayingThe latest fighting between the United States and Iran has shifted attention away from Iran's nuclear programme and towards one of the world's most strategically important waterways: the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump says the United States will reimpose a blockade on Iran and ensure commercial shipping can continue through the strait. After first proposing a 20% transit fee, he later abandoned the idea in favor of trade and investment agreements with Gulf states.
Iran rejects any American role in managing the waterway and insists it remains the guardian of the Strait of Hormuz.
So who actually controls one of the world's busiest maritime chokepoints? Can the United States realistically keep it open? And what would a prolonged confrontation mean for the Gulf, global trade and the prospects for diplomacy? DW News spoke to Thomas Juneau, Professor at the University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs in Canada.
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