📍 How realistic is threat of Iran charging to use internet cables under strait of Hormuz?

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How realistic is threat of Iran charging to use internet cables under strait of Hormuz?
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📍 Iran (approximate area)  · 
⚔️ Iran  · 
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Plan floated in Iranian media to extract revenues from US tech firms would rely on intimidation and is legally dubiousCould undersea cables – the sinews of the global internet – become the next frontier in the US-Israel war against Iran?Last week, two Iranian state-linked media channels, Tasnim and Fars, suggested Iran could leverage its power over the strait of Hormuz, the 25-mile (40km) stretch …


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📰 Source: Guardian War
📅 Published: Mon, 18 May 2026 15:58:47 GMT
🌍 Location: Iran
⚔️ Conflict: Iran

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