Iran considers 10% toll on ships passing through Strait of Hormuz

Iran is considering imposing a 10% toll on all ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

This would generate an approximate $73bn a year, which will immediately offset the cost of US sanctions, along with paying for all the damage from the US and Israel’s illegal attacks.

Did Donald Trump think he was the only one with the power to impose tariffs?

Brilliant move by Iran. They are planning to levy a 10% toll on all ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. This will generate $73 billion a year, completely offsetting US sanctions and paying for war damages. Checkmate. pic.twitter.com/ahjNE3HUEr

— Furkan Gözükara (@FurkanGozukara) March 18, 2026

Is this one of Donald Trump’s great deals??? https://t.co/MDsV93OZyr

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) March 18, 2026

The US has spent billions illegally blowing up Iran. Now it will also have to pay to fix it.

$11B spent blowing things up, AND we get to pay to fix what we destroyed. #WarWithoutAPlan#IsThisWinning https://t.co/nuIPZ7EhcM

— Jac 🇺🇸🇺🇦💙 (@JacDalAM) March 18, 2026

Trump is so concerned with breaking international law and ranting on Truth Social that he has forgotten to think through the consequences of his actions.

The previous US presidents that denied Israel’s requests to attack Iran all knew who they were fucking with. Trump was the only dumbass who did not 😂 https://t.co/CUzSWZGk43

— Pistachio 🇮🇷 🇵🇸 (@HarleyShah) March 18, 2026

Although that would rely on him having a brain.

This is what asymmetric strategy looks like. When you can’t control the system, you leverage the chokepoints the system depends on. Hormuz isn’t geography, it’s power.

— DialecticalX (@DialecticalX) March 18, 2026

Sanctions

The US has been imposing sanctions on Iran since 1980. Bill Clinton tightened these in 1995 and banned US companies from dealing with Iran. Congress also passed a law penalising foreign entities investing in the country’s energy sector or selling Iran advanced weapons. The US cited “nuclear advancement” and support of groups like Hezbollah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Most of the West has labelled Hamas and Hezbollah as “terrorists”. But what the US never said out loud was that it was directly responsible for creating all three of those groups – meaning its sanctions are bullshit. The US has always offered Israel its unwavering support, and it has repeatedly called for both to disarm and disband. Meaning that is also the US’s goal

However, both only exist because of Israel’s repeated illegal invasions of sovereign nations, which the US has both directly and indirectly supported. Hezbollah was formed in 1982 after Israel illegally invaded Lebanon. Importantly, the US supplied Israel with the majority of its weapons for that invasion. Similarly, Hamas’s goal is to:

liberate Palestine and confront the Zionist project.

Hamas was founded in Gaza in 1987 shortly after the start of the first Intifada, an uprising against Israel’s occupation of Palestine. Once again, in 1987,  the US supplied it with “advanced weaponry” to continue its system of apartheid and cruelty.

Importantly, armed resistance is not illegal under international law, no matter how many Western countries label you as a terrorist. So the US may have imposed sanctions in the name of ‘combating terrorism’ – but the reality was merely a resistance that the US itself had created.

Payback

Now, it seems the Iranians want well-deserved payback.

The Iranian authorities have stated that they are now applying the principle of “an eye for an eye.”

— Kevin Muruta (@KevinMuruta) March 18, 2026

To pay for the 47 yrs of illegal sanctions against Iran ~ This will be Justice for Iran 🇮🇷 https://t.co/9U6C6NJ4gA

— Dave Simpson (@DaveSim25817596) March 19, 2026

Trump and his cronies are getting exactly what they deserve. They may not be paying for their Epstein-related crimes against children, but they will hopefully now pay financially for their own stupidity.

The ability to think through your actions and their potential consequences usually develops during toddlerhood. Unfortunately, it seems that Trump missed this crucial developmental milestone.

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