Iran’s break-the-glass plan to strangle another key waterway may now be active.
Iran’s break-the-glass plan to strangle another key waterway may now be active.
By Keith Johnson, a staff writer at Foreign Policy covering geoeconomics and energy.
A protester holds a portrait of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in one hand while raising their other arm.
A protester holds a portrait of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Sana’a, Yemen, on July 10. Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images
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