{"id":147839,"date":"2026-03-13T15:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147839"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:15:07","slug":"how-iran-turned-strait-of-hormuz-into-potent-weapon-against-us-bombardmentunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147839","title":{"rendered":"How Iran turned Strait of Hormuz into potent weapon against US bombardmentUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostLong before the US and Israel \u2060attacked Iran, the Islamic Republic had devised its own weapon: holding the world\u2019s main \u2060oil lifeline hostage to offset its foes\u2019 military superiority, three regional sources familiar with Iranian planning said.<br \/>\nFor decades, Iran has signalled that if pushed into a confrontation, it would restrict tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint where its adversaries are most exposed because disruptions there reverberate instantly through global energy&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/middle-east\/article\/3346557\/how-iran-turned-strait-hormuz-potent-weapon-against-us-bombardment?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostLong before the US and Israel \u2060attacked Iran, the Islamic Republic had devised its own weapon: holding the world\u2019s main \u2060oil&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147839"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}