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Analysts say US president\u2019s solution to secure the strait is fraught with problems.<\/em>
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United States President Donald Trump has called for a naval coalition to deploy warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of world oil shipments transit, as oil markets reel from supply disruptions caused by the US-Israeli war with Iran.
What is essentially the closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran in response to the attacks by the US and Israel has sent oil prices soaring to more than $100 per barrel.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has promised to keep the maritime artery closed while another top official in Tehran warned that oil prices could shoot up beyond $200 per barrel.
Trump said he hoped a naval coalition could secure the vital waterway, which connects the Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. Iran has struck more than a dozen ships trying to sail through the narrow waterway since the hostilities started two weeks ago.
But will Trump\u2019s solution work?
The US president has been facing domestic pressure over starting the war alongside Israel with no endgame or off-ramps in sight.
\u201cOn the strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN,\u201d US Democratic Senator Chris Murphy wrote in a post on X. \u201cI can\u2019t go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it [to] say, right now, they don\u2019t know how to get it safely back open.\u201d
After threatening to bomb Iran more, Trump called on China, France, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom to send warships to secure the strait.
Trump claimed \u201c100% of Iran\u2019s military capability\u201d had already been destroyed but added that Tehran could still \u201csend a drone or two, drop a mine, or deliver a close-range missile somewhere along, or in, this waterway\u201d.
\u201cHopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint will send ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a nation that has been totally decapitated,\u201d Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.
\u201cIn the meantime, the United States will be bombing the hell out of the shoreline, and continually shooting Iranian Boats and Ships out of the water. One way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE!\u201d
Not long after, Trump returned to the keyboard, extending the invitation to all \u201cthe Countries of the World that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait\u201d to send warships, adding that the US would provide \u201ca lot\u201d of support to those who participated.
Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, said in a statement that claims by the US about destroying Iran\u2019s navy or providing safe escort for oil tankers were false.
\u201cThe Strait of Hormuz has not been militarily blocked and is merely under control,\u201d he said in a statement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi later doubled down on this, saying the strait remained open to international shipping except for vessels belonging to the US and its allies.
\u201cThe Strait of Hormuz is open. It is only closed to the tankers and ships belonging to our enemies, to those who are attacking us and their allies. Others are free to pass,\u201d Araghchi said.
Khamenei \u2013 son of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the US-Israeli strikes \u2013 suggested in his first statement since taking power that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed to provide leverage for Iran during the conflict.
The strait, which is just 21 nautical miles (39km) wide at its narrowest point, is the only maritime passage into the Arabian Gulf (known as the Persian Gulf in Iran). Shipping lanes in the waterway are even narrower and more vulnerable to attacks.
It separates Iran on one side from Oman and the United Arab Emirates on the other.
In brief, there is no way in or out by sea when the Strait of Hormuz is closed.
Alexandru Hudisteanu, a maritime security expert who served 13 years in the Romanian navy, told Al Jazeera that in the type of coalition that Trump is hinting at, \u201cinteroperability is the biggest hurdle.\u201d
\u201cThat\u2019s the ability of cruises to work together or with different units and different doctrine when basic communication would be an issue,\u201d he said.
Then, there is the geography of the Strait of Hormuz: \u201ca very unforgiving environment to sail with this type of wartime threats\u201d, Hudisteanu said. \u201cEspecially difficult under missile threats and these asymmetric potential mines or unmanned systems that could damage or destroy ships.\u201d
Providing escorts to ships would be a costly option, and it would pose risks to participating foreign warships from possible Iranian attacks, which would likely further drag more countries into the ongoing war.
From Iran\u2019s point of view, \u201cthe fact that the shoreline is so close and the actual maritime passage is highly congested and confined is an advantage by default,\u201d Hudisteanu added. Geographically, Iran keeps it as a gauntlet, with no way out for the ships unless Tehran allows it.
Another major challenge for any naval coalition trying to secure the passage would be the timeline of any operation.\u2029\u201dThe security of the strait could be achieved. It\u2019s just a matter of how much time you need and how many assets you need,\u201d the analyst said. Rushing through it \u201ccould have negative implications for the security of the mission and the region\u201d.
No country has so far publicly agreed to Trump\u2019s call to send warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz.
London said it is \u201cintensively looking\u201d at what it can do to help reopen the maritime passage. British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said: \u201cWe are intensively looking with our allies at what can be done because it\u2019s so important that we get the strait reopened.\u201d
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials said Beijing is calling for hostilities to stop and \u201call parties have the responsibility to ensure stable and unimpeded energy supply.\u201d
Japan said the threshold is \u201cextremely high\u201d to send its warships on such a mission. \u201cLegally speaking, we do not rule out the possibility, but given the current situation in which this conflict is ongoing, I believe this is something that must be considered with great caution,\u201d said Takayuki Kobayashi, policy chief of Japan\u2019s ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
France also confirmed that it will not send ships. The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Saturday: \u201cPosture has not changed: defensive it is,\u201d in reference to President Emanuel Macron\u2019s assertion that France will not join the war against Iran.
South Korea, which imports 70 percent of its oil from the Gulf, said it was \u201cclosely monitoring\u201d Trump\u2019s statements and \u201ccomprehensively considering and exploring various measures \u2026 to ensure the safety of energy transport routes\u201d.
Some countries have been negotiating with Iran to secure passage for their petroleum shipments.
Two Indian-flagged tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have sailed through the Strait of Hormuz. New Delhi depends on this passage for 80 percent of its LPG imports.
The war on Iran has caused a critical shortage of cooking gas for India\u2019s 333 million households. New Delhi has long had ties with Iran, but the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not condemned the killing of Ali Khamenei. It has condemned Iran\u2019s retaliatory attacks on Gulf countries, where millions of Indian citizens work and send $51bn in remittances home every year.
Iran\u2019s ambassador to India, Mohammad \u2060Fathali, said Tehran had allowed some Indian vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in a rare exception to the blockade but did not confirm the number of vessels.
A Turkish-owned vessel was similarly granted permission last week after Ankara negotiated passage directly with Tehran. Fourteen more Turkish vessels are awaiting clearance.
France and Italy also reportedly opened talks with Iranian officials to negotiate a deal to allow their vessels through the strait, but there has been no official confirmation yet.
\u201cIran is affecting maritime supply,\u201d Hudisteanu said. \u201cIt\u2019s affecting the maritime security of the region and the entire ecosystem and bringing the entire world to the table as the global price for oil and gas increases.\u201d<\/p>\n

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