Oil isn’t the only thing passing through the Strait of Hormuz. 30% of the world’s data traffic also passes through there and 90% of the traffic between Europe and Asia. Iran is now threatening to charge “user fees” on these cables.
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| -via Anadolu Agency |
These seem like remarkable percentages given the detour that these cables make to get into that area. Here is a close up from that somewhat blurry image.
Credit to the American Geographical Society for alerting me to this map - from a Turkish government news source.
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