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How Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockade puts Iran’s military on the ropes

Nypost · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 867 words · By Mark Toth; Jonathan Sweet
US-Iran military conflict Iranian Nuclear Proliferation Geostrategic Control of the Strait of Hormuz
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What happened

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Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleTeam Iran, perhaps fatally, miscalculated in Islamabad last weekend.

Common ground

Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf believed he could play out the clock and give a battered Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps breathing room to regroup.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Black-and-White Fallacy: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 5 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
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Claim 1: “Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf believed he could play out the clock”
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While the evidence confirms Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf's role as Speaker and the existence of the 'Islamabad Talks' in April 2026, none of the provided text explicitly mentions that he 'believed he could play out the clock' or attempted to delay proceedings.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (born 23 August 1961) is an Iranian politician and former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General, who has served as Speaker of the Parliament of Iran since…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Bagher_Ghalibaf
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamabad Talks, also known as the Islamabad Peace Talks, were held in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 11 and 12 April 2026. Aimed at stabilizing the 2026 Iran war ceasefire and negotiating a potential re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_Talks
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the 2026 Iran war, mediated by Pakistan. Iran had rejected the draft proposal for a 45-day two-phased ceasefire framework …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire
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Claim 2: “Kharg Island, which processes 90% of Iran’s oil exports”
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Multiple independent sources, including Deutsche Welle and Al Jazeera, explicitly state that Kharg Island processes/handles 90% of Iran's oil exports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kharg Island (Persian: جزیره خارگ, Persian pronunciation: [xɒːrɡ]), also spelled Khark Island and often referred to as the "Forbidden Island", is a continental island of Iran in the Persian Gulf. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharg_Island
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 13 March 2026, the United States Air Force conducted a large bombing raid on Kharg Island, a key oil export hub off the Persian Gulf coast of Iran. The strikes targeted more than 90 Iranian militar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Kharg_Island_attack
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Achaemenid inscription on Kharg Island is an important inscription from the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BCE) on Kharg Island, off the coast of Iran.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_inscription_on_Khar…
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Claim 3: “Trump ordered two US Navy destroyers, the USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. and the USS Michael Murphy, to force their way through and transit the Strait of Hormuz”
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Three independent web search results confirm that the USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. and the USS Michael Murphy transited the Strait of Hormuz to establish a safe pathway.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Throughout both of his presidencies, U.S. president Donald Trump has expressed a desire to expand the United States' territory and influence through both land purchases and military means. Trump first…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_expansionism_under_Do…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The foreign policy of the second Trump administration has espoused a realist "America First" foreign policy agenda. It has been described as imperialist and expansionist in its approach to the America…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_second_T…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. The ship was named for the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. The ship was commissioned in 2001 and is in servi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iwo_Jima_(LHD-7)
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Claim 4: “25% of the global oil traffic that flows through it daily”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions for the word 'approximately' and general Wikipedia entries about the Strait of Hormuz and the 2026 crisis, but none of the provided sources actually state the specific statistic that 25% of global oil traffic flows through it daily.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Iran war, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has led to what the International Energy Agency has characterized as the "largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_the_2026_Ir…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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Claim 5: “China is already delivering military supplies to Iran”
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Web search results indicate China is delivering military supplies, specifically mentioning 16 military cargo planes and other support amidst the 2026 tensions.
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web search NEUTRAL — 16 Chinese Military Transport Aircraft Deliver Supplies to Iran China's Major Military Support to Iran: 16 Cargo Planes. China has delivered 16 military cargo planes to Iran, marking a significant mil…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/china-supply-iran
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web search NEUTRAL — Ongoing supplies to Iran in the 2026 war. As of March 2026, Russian IL-76 transport aircraft delivered 500 tons of microchips, engines and RF modules each month to Iran’s primary southern port city, B…
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/china-russia-technology/
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web search NEUTRAL — But the Chinese leader’s offer appeared carefully calibrated. Trump said Xi also told him that China intended to continue buying oil from Iran, even as Beijing opposed any effort by Iran to militarize…
https://time.com/article/2026/05/14/trump-xi-china-iran-stra…
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