The Strait of Hormuz remains open to all shipping ​except vessels linked to “Iran’s enemies”, Iranian media reports ‌published on Sunday quoted Iran’s representative to the U.N. maritime agency as saying.

Ali Mousavi’s comments came from an interview ​published on Friday by Chinese news agency Xinhua, ​before U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to target ⁠Iranian power plants if the strait was not “fully ​open” within 48 hours.

The threat of Iranian attacks during ​the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has kept most ships from getting through the narrow strait, the conduit for around a fifth ​of global oil and liquefied natural gas supplies, ​threatening a global energy shock.

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    2 hours ago

    It will be. They pay a lot of money to insulate themselves from the only real consequences from these actions. It’s true that capitalists are incapable of longterm planning, but the wealthiest only really have to worry about a potential assailant more than anything else since the economy and legal system is oriented toward their interests. The death cult thing is not a joke, these people think that any level of destruction to the world can’t penetrate a bunker.