Iran Conflict and the Strait of Hormuz: Oil and Gas Market Impacts (R45281)
- Publisher
- Congressional Research Service via EveryCRSReport
- Published
- 2025-08-04
- Type
- official document
- Link
- https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/2025-08-04_R45281_fe60a9c59825e6012014ecf9161d6665767f2060.html
- Last checked
- 2026-10-26
- Rights
- public domain — we link and describe; we do not republish the text.
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Defense and Security
Everyone said this would happen: 50 years of warnings that Iran would close Hormuz and that bombs alone could not end its program
The Shah said Iran could close Hormuz in 1972; Iran threatened it in 1983, 1984, 2011, 2018 and 2025; a 2012 bipartisan study said strikes buy four years at most and invite retaliation at the strait. By September 2026 the US was losing.