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Strait of Hormuz: Why the US and Iran are sailing in very different legal waters

  • Written by Elizabeth Mendenhall, Associate Professor of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
Strait of Hormuz: Why the US and Iran are sailing in very different legal watersA vessel heads toward the Strait of Hormuz on April 8, 2026.Shady Alassar/Anadolu via Getty Images

The Strait of Hormuz exists in the eye of the beholder.

While everyone agrees that, geographically speaking, it is a strait – a narrow sea passage connecting two places that ships want to go – its political and legal status is rather more...

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