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🚨BREAKING: IRAN MOVES TO FORMALIZE CONTROL OF HORMUZ WITH OMAN DEAL

Iran is drafting a joint protocol with Oman to manage vessel traffic and regulate passage through the Strait of Hormuz

According to officials, the framework would place shipping under joint coordination of Iran and Oman, aiming to oversee and facilitate transit through the region

This is not just diplomacy
This is system-level control

This move signals a transition from chaos → controlled access

Instead of a fully open or fully blocked strait
Iran is now building a managed corridor system

That means

Access becomes conditional
Transit becomes negotiated
And control becomes institutionalized

The biggest shift here

Hormuz is evolving from a global commons
into a regulated geopolitical checkpoint

And that changes everything

Because whoever defines the rules of passage
controls the flow of energy

Roughly 20% of global oil and LNG flows through this chokepoint

So even small changes in how transit is managed
can ripple across global markets instantly

Now layer this with what we’re already seeing

Selective access to “friendly” nations
Transit fees emerging
Alternative settlement currencies like yuan or crypto

This protocol could formalize all of that into a permanent structure

The market implication is massive

Oil pricing power shifts
Shipping risk premiums stay elevated
Global trade fragmentation accelerates

And most importantly

Energy flows are no longer just supply and demand

They are becoming policy controlled

The real question now
Is this a step toward stabilization
Or the beginning of a long-term controlled chokepoint system

Either way
Hormuz is no longer just a passage

It’s leverage

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