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Inspired by conversations with personnel from the shipping sector, I write this piece for ORF Middle East examining how Iran’s brief reopening (for 18 hours) of the Strait of Hormuz on a Friday evening was timed to exploit global shipping’s dependence on business hours, ensuring no real movement could occur. A focus on sequencing under Iran’s submitted “three-stage plan” (to the United Stats) is its strategy to retain this leverage.
Dr. Clemens Chay 