Iran’s Undisputed Weapon: Power to Block the Strait of Hormuz

In Iran’s confrontation with the West over its nuclear program, the Islamic Republic has one undisputed weapon: The ability to block the most important oil transit choke point in the world. Although military strategists and diplomatic experts have worried about Iran’s capability to throw the global economy into chaos for more than three decades, there has been little progress in developing alternative petroleum routes to defuse the power of Iran’s threat to block the Strait of Hormuz. (via Iran’s Undisputed Weapon: Power to Block Oil Flow Through the Strait of Hormuz)