{"id":71563,"date":"2026-05-20T12:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/iran-is-consolidating-control-of-hormuz-with-island-checkpoints-diplomatic-deals-and-sometimes-fees-reuters\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T12:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:54:09","slug":"iran-is-consolidating-control-of-hormuz-with-island-checkpoints-diplomatic-deals-and-sometimes-fees-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/iran-is-consolidating-control-of-hormuz-with-island-checkpoints-diplomatic-deals-and-sometimes-fees-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran is consolidating control of Hormuz with island checkpoints, diplomatic deals \u2013 and sometimes \u2018fees\u2019 &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxOMzNJZTNOVW9ScHNEZjlhenY5VFdwa3ZmVXhCVk9MYWgxY0hnRlVmVUFUNERHS0ZsVlBJZXNBSEw5c3BHYTJxUFA2cDdlZjBBMXRsTDFFN2dXMEJybG9ycU44d1c5WDdwZ09EdDNCWm5kRE8yTW04clJnY05URDdadVZzanZTSFA0bkxFVF90Ym10a1RUYUdmYWNmN2dlNXc1SGdOelpZLU1UQm9aV0RXZkJZeEdRamlmbEl4SlFveEs4RVA0LVlN?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran is consolidating control of Hormuz with island checkpoints, diplomatic deals \u2013 and sometimes \u2018fees\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxNXzZkbzBoU1ZBcl9fMk1qMjZaVmZsc1NyVDdaV0lROEtkRU9uZm0xQXpMVkdSeVJSX01Ha1lFYXhtd3VkY3BTVlV3cDhaQV9sWUEyTE5ZM1Jpb3lQMldQSEUzSnprTW9sYXRaU1Z6eXlOMFZNaEViVmN6MXF3bHdYQTNhVW94Zmp3Zm5ZQkNfdDlqaWFieUxUdjFTV1Frb1hvZU0wQTFpSGR1Zk1sOVpxVWJCT2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran Starts Bitcoin-Backed Ship Insurance for Hormuz Strait<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Bloomberg.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNeVVyMW9iZXdRdldJc01fUWNLUWc5TVM3OU13cHZfZnppc1BUdVZRSngyWWdNMnY4UF9NMkU3T1RoYjNKY0VqLVNwdVNiSnRsYjlaLWV5REhncXBFUHB5Wi1JMXNYMjQ5bFdXNHBVSkZGSTlLMzZFa0JRMHY3OHBqd3BWVEE0VmIxeHIzZHZwNExvUWJVaWNPaGtRM3pKZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018One of the World\u2019s Most Critical Digital Bottlenecks\u2019: How the Iran War Could Threaten Global Internet Access<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Time Magazine<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNZk1oeXJ3R0FWR0tsczI1cmZlS3VCaWptdGVUTzlhWWl3X1Q1eUZwa2FtQ0RmLWdRTExRamNEYnJtWlQ2SW5jZHdLdkpBaUJyNUlpd3RMTGQxQl9zU3RiZU43WGhhcHVHZHdIaU1GMkVkZjBWck12V01PNjVNSWNMWFBvMHhTRUhBd2dWTlBLeXk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">How realistic is threat of Iran charging to use internet cables under strait of Hormuz?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxPSGtTaUFkNUEzRjVBSVVkbElFWnRqSGtDLWIxemNZd3doUXA1VEc4bXJ2aFdodkN0UWl6dzVfS3RRRTBsTWl3RGtPc2dCTVZtTFp2aHRRLUNhWlBQZlhDSFo3RzRsWV9XRmVyVTRNa2gtNVpGT3FpN3ItR3JyRGlwOVV6aXhsdWVQY2cxMVg1aHVvXzhiOU9raV9OVXJjMWxmNDAxVFB3SnJqOUYzWUhXb0FCTHAzamJndHVsaQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran announces new body to manage Strait of Hormuz as peace talks stall<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">France 24<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran is consolidating control of Hormuz with island checkpoints, diplomatic deals \u2013 and sometimes \u2018fees\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters Iran Starts Bitcoin-Backed Ship Insurance for Hormuz Strait&nbsp;&nbsp;Bloomberg.com \u2018One of&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/iran-is-consolidating-control-of-hormuz-with-island-checkpoints-diplomatic-deals-and-sometimes-fees-reuters\/\" 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-71563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71563","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=71563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}