00:00Shibs cannot go through the straits without the approval of the Iranian authorities.
00:05And unfortunately it's not going to change.
00:12And if the U.S. will try to change this situation, then eventually the Iranians will attack them
00:18and escalation will be actually inevitable.
00:21So the bottom line of things that where we are right now is that if the Iranians won't
00:25allow opening up the straits and given the lack of ability of the U.S. to open that militarily,
00:31then the Shibs will have to wait until or agreement by the Iranian government to allow them to
00:38go out from the straits or some sort of an agreement between Iran and the U.S. that actually will
00:43enable them to go out from the straits.
00:46The Iranians not only have a security control, but also they will use that for economical means
00:54and for political means.
00:56The Iranians actually will choose which kind of tankers will move through the straits,
01:00for example Chinese, Indians, because they want to enhance the cooperation with them.
01:04So it's not only the economical one, it's not only the security one, but also the political
01:09one using that in order to enhance the cooperation with countries that Iran is seeking to enhance
01:15cooperation with.
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