#Newsbytesexplainer: Iran can close the hormuz drainage, how important and what will be the effect?

During the Iran-Iraq war, the two countries targeted each other’s commercial ships in this strait. It is also called tanker war.

In 2019, 4 ships were targeted near the Strait on the Fujirah coast of UAE, which the US accused Iran.

In 2010, a Japanese oil tanker was attacked by a group associated with al-Qaeda.

However, never this draft has completely stopped.