Iran Publishes Map Asserting Formal Control Over Strait of Hormuz
🗺️ HORMUZ — A map changes nothing militarily, but everything legally. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Publishing a formal sovereignty map converts IRGC's de facto transit authority into a documented legal claim — the baseline for future international disputes. It signals Tehran is institutionalizing the blockade, not preparing to lift it. For trapped mariners and insurers, it extends uncertainty indefinitely. For negotiators in Doha, it hardens Iran's precondition on Strait sovereignty.
