Dear Western Oil Markets: Iran's Warning Was Not For You
To the analysts at The Hill, who recently reported on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) projection of $200-per-barrel oil, your focus on market speculation misses a critical piece of context. The Strait of Hormuz, far from being simply 'closed,' is a flashpoint in an active, illegal U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran. This is not a hypothetical skirmish; it is
co-belligerence, openly declared by the movement of carrier groups and B-52 deployments, echoing tactics seen before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which claimed over a million lives, destabilizing an entire region. Your reporting implies Iran is threatening global oil supply when, in fact, it is responding to decades of economic strangulation and direct military provocations. The United States and
Israel have consistently refused to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a betrayal of international diplomacy, while simultaneously imposing crippling sanctions since 1979 that impede even basic medical imports, leading to untold civilian suffering. The idea that Iran would not react to a joint military assault, especially when its nuclear program, unlike Israel's undeclared
arsenal, is subject to international scrutiny, is a dangerous misreading of history. The U.S. has a documented history of backing dictatorships in the region, such as its support for Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons program during the Iran-Iraq war from 1980 to 1988, demonstrating a consistent double standard in its regional policies. The current events are a continuation of this pattern, not an