Britain, America and France delivered a pointed signal to Iran, sending six warships led by a 100,000 ton US aircraft carrier through the highly sensitive waters of the Strait of Hormuz.
This deployment defied Iranian threats to close the waterway. Tankers carrying 17 million barrels of oil pass through this waterway every day, accounting for 35 per cent of the world’s seaborne crude shipments. At its narrowest point, located between Iran and Oman, the Strait is only 21 miles wide.
Last month, Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, commander of the Iranian navy, claimed that closing the Strait would be “easy,” adding: “As Iranians say, it will be easier than drinking a glass of water.”
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