{"id":15839,"date":"2026-04-02T09:57:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.brozinski.de\/?p=15839"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:57:49","slug":"irans-tollbooth-tightens-grip-on-hormuz-as-ships-offered-safe-passage-for-a-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blog.brozinski.de\/?p=15839","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s \u2018Tollbooth\u2019 Tightens Grip on Hormuz as Ships Offered Safe Passage\u2014For a Price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent days, the operator of an oil tanker stuck in the Persian Gulf received a compelling proposal. After weeks at anchor with missiles and drones passing overhead, it could finally\u00a0sail safely out through the Strait of Hormuz and into the open ocean \u2014\u00a0escorted by the Iranian Navy. But first\u00a0it would need to change its registration\u00a0and raise the flag of Pakistan, according to a company executive, speaking on condition of anonymity in order to discuss sensitive conversations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent days, the operator of an oil tanker stuck in the Persian Gulf received a compelling proposal. After weeks at anchor with missiles and drones passing overhead, it could finally\u00a0sail safely out through the Strait of Hormuz and into the open ocean \u2014\u00a0escorted by the Iranian Navy. But first\u00a0it would need to change its&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.brozinski.de\/?p=15839\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Weiterlesen &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Iran\u2019s \u2018Tollbooth\u2019 Tightens Grip on Hormuz as Ships Offered Safe Passage\u2014For a Price<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.brozinski.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15839"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.brozinski.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.brozinski.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.brozinski.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.brozinski.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.brozinski.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.brozinski.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.brozinski.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}