Iran’s widening war with the US and much of the Middle East appears to be entering a new phase. After using the Strait of Hormuz as leverage during months of military escalation, Tehran is now signalling that it could target another critical global chokepoint: the vast network of subsea internet cables running beneath the Gulf.

IRGC-linked media have called on Tehran to impose fees on submarine cables through the Strait of Hormuz and monitor global data traffic, citing claimed sovereignty over the…

Iran is threatening undersea cables. The world’s ‘digital chokepoints’ have never been more vulnerable

Emboldened by its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is turning to one of the hidden arteries in the global economy: subsea cables beneath that carry vast internet and…

The subsea cables reportedly serve countries around the Persian Gulf, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. | World News

Iran’s widening war with the US and much of the Middle East appears to be entering a new phase. After using the Strait of Hormuz as leverage during months of military escalation,…

Iran is considering imposing fees on submarine internet cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Whatsapp chats, Insta reels to Amazon deliveries, everything could be hit as Iran is considering imposing fees on undersea internet cables passing through the Strait of…

Plan floated in Iranian media to extract revenues from US tech firms would rely on intimidation and is legally dubious

Tehran vows to impose fees, meaning installation and potential repairs would take much more time

Iran has threatened to assert control over the subsea cables that run through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's claim over subsea chokepoint pushes US tech companies to overland fiber.

Carla Norrlöf considers the implications of the regime’s threat to impose a toll on undersea cable traffic.

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"Iran can both attack the cables themselves and prevent the cable firms from carrying out operations, either for maintenance or for laying new cables,” says an expert.

Tehran is floating the idea of charging the world’s largest tech companies – including Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon – for using the undersea internet cables crossing the…

Iran's proposal to charge fees on undersea cables beneath the Strait of Hormuz may never become workable policy, but it reveals an ambition suited to Iran’s circumstances, says…