{"id":45042,"date":"2026-04-18T20:08:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/18\/for-iran-flexing-control-over-waterway-is-new-deterrent-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T20:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:08:40","slug":"for-iran-flexing-control-over-waterway-is-new-deterrent-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/18\/for-iran-flexing-control-over-waterway-is-new-deterrent-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"For Iran, Flexing Control Over Waterway Is New Deterrent &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxOTWV6Y3NhU2JBX3dyeGQ0bUp5SUlWT0E1aE1NNGNDb21CcE0wMFpzTkt6VWd2QUhXNHRkNmp1eGF2X1VHdlNrblNfYmJPUW9paXpaTFd6c1MydFNhSVJieTFfMWplY0w3b0U5ako0Mmg2TzFDYnhjQmw3bUd4ei0xMzJR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">For Iran, Flexing Control Over Waterway Is New Deterrent<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTE5wanFOT3pBUzdacnFFMW5oMmRfclZsSlp0S2dYeTB0VWVfMEVGQmQtanFISE5KLTc2MHI3VDdhSEN2bkdPcGtyWHBlb29WUkZZNzJ2bUlOY19sZExSQ0lxRlB1UmFuX3FpckhXVTRHU3ZHeElFQ2hn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">For Iran, Hormuz Is More a Weakness Than a Weapon<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Foreign Affairs<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxNZFFob19nV2VzelJ0ZDFYeVRpMDhiVm5iVDlOWDhuT0J6TVlGcjU5OVdPREhLa2hUTnB2UzJ2QllBZjhydEt6OGQxdnl2aVctalEwWXVvMFNJR1ZmRWo4elJGdEZrQUlURHJwWENXd0FJVVQ0ZURJV204NlVZOUZMWnlYWXBuS0U?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Only One Side Has Clearly Broken the Law In the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Nation<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxQNm0tdlFtR1JWME1RSzFBTVlQc0wyakJ1THpjUkRZUHZrN0hiQXFOVXM2OUJGbEd4cmlNUUVTZHJVam9fTldTVEZfWF9SZExUem1DRHUweEhWNEV4b0NIVmJ6Z1F1Ri1yRFJCVUJ1eE9mSExaU1Y5SlF2YlhUR0dhWjc4aHlFMlNLdXotLXRRT3UyQlNGdW1KQ0hsSm01RDljSk9SMWJja09iR3JhTTc3dWsxdmFIaG5wOWEyZXpsajlWQWpiSWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran has a powerful new tool in the Strait of Hormuz that it can leverage long after the war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Conversation<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxNZFpuajF6aTVuVWtCalhxMl9pSTZvN3VJRzI1Q0UxT19pN3VKbHhRRGFDVnA4NFFtU1BoajlIQWlWQ3RqTVhZdE56d0hWUnZjam5sTmNlcUhNNk5IQ1JOYko3cDNnT1pWTXhGdXIxY1BtbHQ5bVI2ZzBIVFRUY2o3R1RjRUxLZ01lZnVjT0NLTzJpd9IBqwFBVV95cUxOM1RNWnVCdnZMR1ptMFdNdS1CZkZLYTNYTXROWW52OFp1SUpFM0IzRk4xWk55UHlvZzVKMkFLMk9OR003M3dLZFhjb0UycG5LMkEzQjFRNGZDZm9vaFVBZUZYSkt4Tk02bFp6ZlBMUkNSVWxDQV9iZGdQZzZmMmRoQjJVUEI2ME5hSjE4VE53QnNWQTd6T2xIcHpHTC1IN2xVd2lsRlFIVE13TlU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Can the US and Iran close off the Strait of Hormuz? What international law says.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Christian Science Monitor<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Iran, Flexing Control Over Waterway Is New Deterrent&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times For Iran, Hormuz Is More a Weakness Than a Weapon&nbsp;&nbsp;Foreign Affairs Only One&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/18\/for-iran-flexing-control-over-waterway-is-new-deterrent-the-new-york-times\/\" 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-45042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45042","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=45042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}