From Marine Insight, June 29:
Iran said on Sunday that it will have sole control over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz for the next 30 days, warning that any attempt by other countries to intervene could increase tensions and delay the full reopening of the strategic waterway.
Speaking in Baghdad during a visit to Iraq, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the Strait of Hormuz would remain under Iran’s “total oversight and management” over the next month while efforts continue to remove the remaining obstacles affecting maritime traffic.
“The Strait of Hormuz remains under the total oversight and management of Iran through the 30 coming days, and after all obstacles are removed, the total capacity of the waterway will be restored. This is what we are working on,” Araghchi said.
He added that Iran alone is responsible for managing the strait. “There is no other party or state in this respect,” he said....
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It's only for 30 days.
To bend the curve.
Yeah, that's the ticket. Just thirty days to bend the curve.
Alternative metaphor: On the Arab side of the Strait there is another fable, about the camel's nose under the tent...
