In the case of narrow straits like this which feed into another significant body of water, there is a UN sponsored treaty called UNCLOS that establish shipping transport rights through such waters. This treaty has never been ratified by either the US or Iran.

In time of armed conflict, the territorial waters of a belligerent are governed by the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), or Law of International Armed Conflict (LOIAC), not the peacetime Law of the Sea. In case of any legal conflict, where LOAC applies, it overrides UNCLOS.

The United States and Iran are each belligerents and belligerent nations to each other.

Below is a link to one restatement of the Law of Armed Conflict.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7952bfe5274a2acd18bda5/JSP3832004Edition.pdf

THE JOINT SERVICE MANUAL OF THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT [UK]

Joint Service Publication 383, 2004 Edition, Maritime Warfare pp. 347-371.

Areas of Naval Warfare

The following are areas of naval warfare:

a. Subject to other applicable rules of international law contained in this chapter or elsewhere, hostile actions by naval forces may be conducted in, on, or over the territorial sea, internal waters, land territories, continental shelf, exclusive economic zone, and, where relevant, archipelagic waters of belligerent states (both enemy and allied). It should be noted that it is only internal waters and the territorial sea that together with the land territories constitute the territory of a belligerent. Other zones of maritime jurisdiction (eg continental shelf and exclusive economic zone) lying beyond the limits of the territorial sea do not form a part of the territory of the state.

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No nation has a "right to exist".

Abraham Lincoln, House of Representatives, January 12, 1848

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable,—a most sacred right—a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing government, may choose to exercise it. Any portion of such people that can, may revolutionize, and make their own, of so much of the teritory as they inhabit. More than this, a majority of any portion of such people may revolutionize, putting down a minority, intermingled with, or near about them, who may oppose their movement.

UNCLOS Article 311(1) "1. This Convention shall prevail, as between States Parties, over the Geneva Convention on the Law of the Sea of 29 April 1958." UNCLOS does not prevail over non-parties. It does not prevail between belligerents in a zone of armed conflict.

What Iran certainly understands is that declining western oil inventories is the factor in their favor. It's impacting lots of neutral countries globally, and those countries will blame Trump more than Iran. The strait was open before the war started, after all, and the war was started by Netanyahu & Trump.

The USA is selling off its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) at below market price to artificially lower the price. The SPR will probably run out in another month or so, at which time, if conditions do not change, the price of petroleum products will surge. That is one of the factors squeezing Trump. Another is that Netanyahu appears to be his boss.

>>Since Iran threatens to wipe Israel off the map.

This expression has, I believe long since been misinterpreted to mean genocide in the same sense that Israel applies it to Gaza and, it seems with increasing similarity to West Bank and southern Lebanon.  

But the counter argument is that it refers to Israel as a political entity.  As in, literally, having Israel no longer appear on maps, so literally "wiped off the map".  The land would of course still be there, and potentially the current inhabitants as well.  But the government/regime would no longer exist.  It would be replaced by a new government, which is effectively what is already advocated for Iran, the difference being only that Iran's name wouldn't change.

Would Iran suggest Israel has no right to exist?  Of course they would.  but not necessarily in the genocidal sense.

Given how Israel has carried on over nearly the last 3 years, I agree Israel should not exist.  Countries have never before been ascribed a "right to exist".  People have a right to exist.  Our own DoI declares as much.  But governments do not.  Not in Israel, Iran, or the USA.

misinterpreted to mean genocide

 lol.  Iran loves Israelis.  You can't be serious.

enocide in the same sense that Israel applies it to Gaza

 Gaza is part of Israel.  Israel isn't part of Iran.

The USA is selling off its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) at below market price to artificially lower the price.

 Yep that sucks.  Just don't let oil made in America be used anywhere but America.  Problem solved.  Globalists wouldn't like that but nationalists would.  

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable,—a most sacred right—a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.

 The people of Iran tried that and the muslim pieces of shit murdered them by the tens of thousands word on the street it.

ack Keane of the Institute for the Study of War, founded and run by its president, Kimberly Kagan, husband Frederick Kagan, son of Robert Kagan, husband of Victoria Nuland, the manager of the Orange Revolution in Ukraine which got that whole mess started. She was the lady handing out cookies.

 So you believe in guilt by association.  Interesting.  Nuland didn't get anything started.  There were hundreds of thousands of Ukranians protesting.  Don't they count?  Russia started it.  Russia is evil.  The world will be better when Putin is dead.

, what would you propose should be done besides drop bombs and move sand around? Or do you propose to drop bombs on granite mountains?

If you propose opening the strait, just why do you think they have not attempted to do it?

 You think those are the only options.  lol

Ukraine is winning their war

number was around 3000 killed,

 Yeah they only killed 3000 because you think it is ok for force women to put bags over their heads.  You must think it is ok to treat women as second hand citizens to be commanded and treated as inferiors by muslim men pieces of shit.  A muslim is by definition a piece of shit. Because they believe and do what that toilet paper Koran says.

I insist you tell me whether you think those sodomizing soldiers are doing God's will when they torture people in that way.

 5 bad apples who abused murderers and pedophile worshippers.

And you have the audacity to complain about Iranians not being good people?

 The good people in Iran are murdered and you say only 3000.  Or the wrestler might have deserved to die.  

I'll take a pass on "democracy".

 Ok.  Thing is bad things happen in dictatorships too.  Iran is evil take your blinders off.

>>Yeah they only killed 3000 because you think it is ok for force women to put bags over their heads.  You must think it is ok to treat women as second hand citizens to be commanded and treated as inferiors by muslim men pieces of shit.

@ChatGPT:  Are women in Iran required to have head covering?

 Yes. In Iran, women are still legally required to cover their hair in public. The requirement has been in place since shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution and remains part of Iranian law.

 However, the situation on the ground has become more complicated:

Since the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, many Iranian women have openly challenged the mandatory hijab requirement.

In some cities, especially parts of Tehran, it has become increasingly common to see women without head coverings in public. Enforcement is often inconsistent.

Despite that, the legal requirement has not been abolished. Iranian officials have repeatedly stated that compulsory hijab laws remain in force.

Authorities continue to use fines, surveillance, business closures, prosecutions, and other measures to enforce the rules, although enforcement methods have evolved over time.

There has been some confusion because a newer law that would have imposed even stricter penalties was suspended or not fully implemented in 2025. That suspension did not remove the underlying legal requirement for women to wear a head covering in public.

So the short answer is: Yes, Iranian law still requires women to wear a head covering in public, even though compliance and enforcement vary considerably by place and circumstance.

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So apparently you are more concerned about a loosely enforced rule of women's head covering requirement in Iran than you are of the IDF sodomizing people. 

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@ChatGPT:  Are there any educational restrictions on women in Iran?

Generally, no—women are not barred from education in Iran. In fact, women and girls attend primary school, secondary school, and universities, and women have often made up a very large share of university students. In some years, women have constituted more than half of university enrollments.

However, there are some important qualifications:

Schools are generally segregated by sex.

Female students are subject to dress-code requirements, including mandatory hijab rules.

At various times, the government has imposed restrictions or quotas affecting women's access to certain university programs. In 2012, for example, dozens of fields at multiple universities were restricted to men, including some engineering and science disciplines.

Critics have argued that some admissions policies and administrative measures continue to channel women away from certain fields or careers.

Center for Human Rights in Iran

So compared with countries such as Afghanistan under the Taliban—where women have at times been broadly prohibited from university education—Iran is very different. Iranian women do have access to education and are highly represented in higher education, but that access exists within a system that includes gender-based rules, segregation, and some restrictions on educational choices

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But let me get this straight....   The women that are required to have head coverings are also Muslims, and since you say Muslims are pieces of shit, then that includes these women too.  So why does it bother you that these pieces of shit women are required to wear head coverings?  Seems you should be cheering for the Taliban which has far MORE restrictions on women rather than Iran whose society arguably isn't much more restrictive, apart from the hat requirement, than the US had before the 1970s.  After all, according to your version of Christianity, the more suffering these pieces of shit people are forced to endure the happier God is.  Right?

BTW:

"Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife [or woman] who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head..." (1 Corinthians 11:4–5)

 "That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head..." (1 Corinthians 11:10)

 "Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered?" (1 Corinthians 11:13)

So it seems Christianity is a piece of shit religion too, right? 

Ukraine is winning their war

Ukraine is losing their country. When Odesa falls, Ukraine as a nation is as good as dead.

Remember, your tax dollars are paying for that and everything else.

TOTAL WAR — Russia's Biggest Offensive Push of 2026 -- 681 Missiles & Drones Hit Ukraine — MS 2026.06.15

Military Summary

Since Iran threatens to wipe Israel off the map.  Israel would be justified in wiping Iran off the map.

Israel would get destroyed. That's why they got Trump[ to volunteer the U.S. armed forces to do the job for them.

Wherever your muslim friends go they act like evil pieces of shit.

 It seems all the acts you cite were by Arabs. Iranians are not Arabs.

 None of which was worse than the genocide in Gaza. Tens of thousands dead; most of them civilians.

So apparently you are more concerned about a loosely enforced rule of women's head covering requirement in Iran than you are of the IDF sodomizing people.

 Loosely enforced.  lol.  You sure are gullible.  

Iranian Singer Parastoo Ahmadi Reportedly Sentenced to 74 Lashes Over Hijab-Free YouTube Concert

 https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/iranian-singer-parastoo-ahmadi-reportedly-121938312.html

None of which was worse than the genocide in Gaza.

 Does nolu chan stand for AOC.  Because you both talk the same bullshit.  You sound like a Somali congresswoman.

Just think, 40,000 is almost four times as many killed as at the three-day battle of Gettysburg.

 Are you telling me that the weapons used in the civil war are more effective then modern weapons.  Who would have known.

Ukraine is losing their country.

 So you admit isn't Russia's country.  Now tell me that Russia isn't the aggressor. 

But let me get this straight....   The women that are required to have head coverings are also Muslims, and since you say Muslims are pieces of shit, then that includes these women too.

 Are you telling me that you think all the women in Iran are Muslims?    Let me be the first to inform you that every woman in Iran isn't a Muslim.

If your idea of "democracy" is a society where soldiers can shove tools up people arses causing them serious internal injuries

 That isn't standard operating procedure.  I can see a frustrated person who just had their friends murdered by muslim scumbags doing far worse.

Israel would get destroyed.

 I seriously doubt that.  Israel could make Iran a parking lot.  But for some reason they haven't.  If Iran could nuke us or Israel and kill us all they would.  You should know that.  You aren't dumb.

After all, according to your version of Christianity,

 There is only one version of Christianity.  It is what the Bible says.  Then there are unbelievers who try and tell Christians what they should be when they really don't have a clue. 

d rather be lashed 74 times than sodomized.

How about you?

By Pinguinite on 2026-06-20 00:18:27

 I'd say one is the norm and the other is an aberation.

"That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head..." (1 Corinthians 11:10)

"Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered?" (1 Corinthians 11:13)

 Fair question.  I don't have answer for you on this.  I don't think Paul was saying give them 74 lashes though.

You, Stone, have embraced an enormous intolerance of people who are Muslim, but it's extremely low intelligence to suggest that of the 2 billion or so Muslims in the world, all of them are shits.  Every last one.

Matthew 19:17

King James Version

17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God:

I say all muslims are evil.  If the are forced to be a muslim and pretend to be one because they don't want to be murdered.  I'm not talking abou them.  I'm talking about those who take the Koran literally and believe the part if you see a christian or a jew behind a tree to kill them.

recognize the genocide is Gaza

 There is no genocide in Gaza.  If the Jews wanted them all dead they would all be dead.  Israel is quite tolerant of them and has given them many chances for peace.  Like the land for peace but the muscums wanted to take all Israel and genocide the Jews.  It is in the Palestinian charter.  It is what Iran says.  You make excuses for them though.

does it AND celebrates it and the worst you can say is there are a few "bad apples" and that's it.

 It was a few people.  It isn't the policy of Israel.  You know that or you have been listening to horse to much.

How about posting about the 74 lashes at your site and see if anyone gives a shit.  Esso would and that is about it.  I actually like Esso despite our disagreements.  Tell him I wish him well.

f a Muslim came up to you and asked you about Jesus, you'd tell him with obscenities to piss off because Muslims don't deserve salvation. How true is that?

Not true at all.  Not even close.  It would be like trying to put out a fire with gasoline.

ONLY more than twice that number have been killed in 2.5 years of complete devastation in Gaza which has included leveling a majority of buildings & homes there.

Quick question. Why does Israel give their enemy a heads up on where they are going to attack to give the civilians a chance to get out.  Why does Israel provide food and electric to people they want to "genocide"?  When has Iran ever given a warning.  When has Iran ever provided the enemy with electric?  Anyone and everyone who believes the Koran is stupid and evil.

Jews want to be superior to everyone else and Christianity says no.  So they get mad like the spoiled child that doesn't want to share ice cream equally with all his brothers & sisters.

 You're just making stuff up and doing what you accuse me of.  Pot meet kettle.  Meet broad brush.

At least if they don't tell me to my face they are racially or religiously superior to me for being "God's Chosen" and demand I start kissing their feet.

Chosen refers to a covenant and set of obligations, not racial superiority.  You sound like horseshit.  You know the geezer on welfare that posts jew hate screeds.  Esso told me he was on government assistance.  What a hypocrite he is.

"low intelligence"

"unpleasant"

"Jews want to be superior to everyone else."

"Muslims have more respect for Jesus than Jews do."

"An awful lot of them are better people than you."

 You present those quotes as facts when they are just personal attacks.  You must consider that pleasant.