Explained: Why Iran Is Threatening the Subsea Cables Beneath the Strait of Hormuz
Source: Timesnownews
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<p>Most people think of the Strait of Hormuz as an oil chokepoint. Iran is now reminding the world it is something else too: a digital one.</p> <p>Fresh from its wartime blockade of the strait, Tehran is turning its attention to the subsea cables sitting on the seabed beneath the waterway. These are