{"id":41317,"date":"2026-04-14T16:01:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/14\/how-geography-powers-irans-grip-on-the-strait-of-hormuz-despite-u-s-blockade-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:01:53","slug":"how-geography-powers-irans-grip-on-the-strait-of-hormuz-despite-u-s-blockade-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/14\/how-geography-powers-irans-grip-on-the-strait-of-hormuz-despite-u-s-blockade-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"How geography powers Iran\u2019s grip on the Strait of Hormuz, despite U.S. blockade &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxOVk0wQlc1b2lCSFhPR3J6eGtNcEpOa1JEUDJac1VDZ3ZKLUtLZHYtWl9Zc0x4Y2RYQjFQVkdTalNHTGxRdUxIWEM3aUY5Yl81OFQ0Rkxmc3lJQjA5UnIzTm9aWmxGczhoa2NXWUdaUXBpQ3h2YUJHTWJYeWxwOGtDZHFDZnpVdDhRUEZrNVJB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">How geography powers Iran\u2019s grip on the Strait of Hormuz, despite U.S. blockade<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxPWW50NGFCSXprc2huZmlwVWVWYWg2Sm9JamxSakxYNVJJRGdOdmE5WnJIYk1xZUlIUEJCcTQxaXNENUtIZFR4ZEdXS19YTGV0YjB6WkhlYzRiSzJLTGJzMmRzUzVHYlk0X3JsQ2dMejhqUk02TEtjS1YwLWlCSnA1QVYzRkhfV0d5czFRUXRyc3Y4NTNvT25iX1hhZ2JZdVVNX09IbHNfb0taTkVyd3JuR09YTDNJbVljMUQwWg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Oil Blockade Is Set to Boost American Exports\u2014and Prices at the Pump<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxNTV93a3R0V3htN0dxWW5KQl9lTmdmYXNjZUFlWDlYbGhHYXc4TngzSEFWOF9QT2JpMVN6X0hNRDNUaE93UWo3bTdnTExPaGs5QlZzU3pTczBhZjB2WmVFWWQ3Z1N1SllDdEpLTHBkWV9qNF9VSFZGb0ZaT3FxZkdTN2tqRkFqSDMy0gGOAUFVX3lxTE05cmo5ZXFQZUxGVTZJNVgwdkJrZVhESWlrZGpodkI5U2phY2Npc2JLVE5aX1JrYTg4TnVZQVN4aXRpSW5HUVE4Mkp1aUhFdVp0M1NyMDFhU2NMak90Z0M5TXRpSkJraUlTQmxHN0ItV2U4SUZKOVFFOTBNWHFCRWFVT0JXd21qemJvQVAzc1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">More U.S.-Iran peace deal talks are in discussion, White House says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTFAwRlMwdTNlQ0JQVFJtWWNLMy01LUFIVlp1UV81N0I0MnZKRzI1Z2RKUU5pYVBrdzF5UW1Id1JjNlFNUUszS3JBX0k4aEhRdXVYX3RqbEZuTklJckhsNmszUFN0UE00cUJUa0QtcDdIRXJtZUhxbkUtN0d5WGhEZ9IBgwFBVV95cUxOcWJ1S041LWtNanlXUjRubnNBeDdOcVpwQURkcmpMSzd1Ml84d2s0SEVlMk4wTkJZTnhWQjBZQkhScEJBNE9QM3NmQWttR3JOeFJiRFhpTDgwRHZZSTJ6OTBzWnVSSGZaVy02WHBpRnQzd0VSelJTUWNNcXdPalNqNHRJbw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Fresh Iran talks could begin this week as US continues blockade on ports<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNNkdJWTU0VkQwQ1ZGMTlhS2ZoY0ExeXo4X25UX1k2NnFwdXgybTFtNEtoNlVMSHRlUFExVVZIX1FFelBMMk9jZkEzWmprZEktcTByZUJVcWsxVVE1WG92QjZ3dkhjX25DNFlqS3ZTRXFLSUVjRWpGNHhtdmtlMVdJWEFFZXJoM1RYU2JLS2F5emRFX0w2cVlmRWFZOGlzUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Graphic: Tracking ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How geography powers Iran\u2019s grip on the Strait of Hormuz, despite U.S. blockade&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post U.S. Oil Blockade Is Set to Boost American Exports\u2014and Prices&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/14\/how-geography-powers-irans-grip-on-the-strait-of-hormuz-despite-u-s-blockade-the-washington-post\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}