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why the US and Iran are fighting over this tiny waterway - Coggle Diagram
why the US and Iran are fighting over this tiny waterway
Stena Impero (British oil tanker)
seized by iranian forces in 2019
Strait of Hormuz
20% of the world's oil supply goes across
Jugulat of the global economy
Persian gulf - gulf of Oman - Arabian sea
each attack can affect the price of oil everywhere
globally traded product
Tanker war
1980: Iraq invade Iran
USA helped Iraq
Started to attack Iraninan oil tanker
Iran attacks boats from the Gulf States
Planted sea mines around the strait of Hormuz
Drew the USA directly in the conflict - 1987
escorts oil tanker
violence escalated
ended in 1988
Distrust keep growing between Iran and USA
Iran Nuclear project
By 2002: Fighting proxy war around the middle east
2011: Obama signs sanctions against Iran
Iran Oil export droped
economy shrinks
Iran: Uses only leverage, the Strait of Hormuz
Nothing goes through as long as there are sanctions
Diplomatic solution, 2015: Iran Nuclear Deal
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