IRAN'S HORMUZ SHAKEDOWN: THE NUMBERS
$2,000,000 — fee charged per ship by IRGC
89 — vessels that paid/cleared in first 15 days of March
$178,000,000+ — estimated IRGC collections in 15 days
$800,000,000,000 — annual revenue if 10% toll proposed in parliament is enacted
$100+ — oil price per barrel since blockade
18,000,000 — barrels per day disrupted (IEA: largest supply shock in history)
20% — share of global oil that normally transits Hormuz
95% — Japan's oil imports that come through Hormuz
33km — width of Hormuz at narrowest point
5 March 2026 — date Lloyd's cancelled war risk insurance for all vessels
12 March 2026 — date Iran's UN Ambassador said "We will NOT close Hormuz"
15 March 2026 — date the exact same IRGC was charging $2M per ship
20+ — nations that signed condemnation of Iran's "de facto closure"
0 — countries Trump has publicly named in his "Hormuz Coalition"
1 — country confirmed escorted so far: India (LPG tanker, last week)
1 — country in negotiations: Japan (FM Araghchi, Kyodo News, today)
Funny how a country that "won't close" a strait
is making more money from it than they ever did selling oil through it.