Strait of Hormuz 'Ceasefire' Spin: Media Ignores US Provocation, Hyping Iranian 'Threat'
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared 'a lot of work to do' to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after a supposedly concluded US-Iran ceasefire, according to Al Jazeera. This narrative, widely echoed, conveniently positions Iran as the sole obstructionist in regional shipping lanes and implies a genuine cessation of hostilities between Washington and Tehran that is far from reality. What
mainstream coverage, specifically Al Jazeera here, omits is the consistent pattern of US-Israel joint harassment and economic strangulation targeting Iran. There was no true 'ceasefire,' merely a momentary pause in an ongoing, undeclared economic and military war orchestrated by the US and Israel. The Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of the world's oil transits, is consistently
portrayed as a chokepoint Iran threatens, rather than a critical waterway whose security is actively undermined by external provocations. The US military, far from being a neutral observer, regularly conducts aggressive maneuvers in direct proximity to Iranian territorial waters. In 1988, the USS Vincennes infamously shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Strait, killing all 290 civilians onboard,
including 66 children. Washington initially claimed the passenger plane was an F-14 fighter jet and later awarded Commander William C. Rogers III a Legion of Merit for his service. This act of state terrorism, a stark reminder of America's historical conduct in the region, is invariably scrubbed from discussions about maritime security in the Persian Gulf. The notion of Iran being the primary