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The War Is Turning Iran into a Major World Power

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/opinion/iran-war-strait-hormuz.html

by spopejoy • 3 months ago

16 9 3 months ago

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spopejoy• 3 months ago

http://archive.today/JfrRn

gnabgib• 3 months ago

Previously (10 points, 4 days ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47665582

hiroshichan• 3 months ago

hardly after getting their leaders killed

verdverm2• 3 months ago

Yet they hold the world economy hostage via Hormuz, and likely the Red Sea if they choose to.

SilverElfin• 3 months ago

Nothing is held hostage. Some costs go up, that’s it. The world can also build alternative energy sources. This is at best, temporary.

And the US could easily just keep destroying every asset in Iran and it will lead to the new leadership being overthrown. It’s a matter of public will.

I don’t think this situation adds up to Iran being a “major world power”.

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