Madison Schramm: Iran Is Threatening to Block the Strait of Hormuz -- Don't Call Its Bluff

Threatening the Strait, which flows north of Oman and south of Iran and moves approximately 40 percent of the world's oil, seems like a pretty great hand. But oil accounts for 80 percent of Iranian exports, and blocking the Strait would hit their economy hard.

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