The media may have just learned a lesson about blockades … and so may have the Iranians.
Yesterday, after US Central Command (CENTCOM) declared the blockade on Iran’s ports complete, media outlets took notice of a tanker called the Rich Starry. It had previously done business with Iran, although in this case it ostensibly loaded methanol from the UAE, and operated under sanctions targeting the regime in Tehran. When the Rich Starry passed through the Strait of Hormuz yesterday and into the Gulf of Oman, media outlets questioned CENTCOM’s claim and reported that Iran and its partners would defy the blockade.
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