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Iran Demands Bitcoin For Ships Passing Hormuz During Ceasefire (slashdot.org)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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He said that the tariff is $1 per barrel of oil, adding that empty tankers can pass freely. "Once the email arrives and Iran completes its assessment, vessels are given a few seconds to pay in Bitcoin, ensuring they can't be traced or confiscated due to sanctions," Hosseini added.

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[–] knotRyder@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No it's not it's an international trade route they're just being Pricks because anything to piss off maga

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Those iran's waters. These ships are literally passing through their country, I think you're confused with "territorial waters" as defined in UNCLOS as well but neither Iran nor the US nor pissrael ratified that treaty. Here is a good opinion on why the UNCLOS doesn't really apply

https://www.simplelaw.blog/p/the-strait-of-hormuz-a-3-minute-international

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you read your link?

Geographically, the Strait of Hormuz is clearly what’s called a transit passage** strait**: it connects two open seas, has no alternative route, and is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Under transit passage rules, other countries have an almost unrestricted right to sail and fly through. Iran can barely interfere at all.

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

yes

Iran is right about which rules are universal (innocent passage, not transit passage). ... The U.S. is also not a party to UNCLOS.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

International customary law applies even if you’re not a treaty member.

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

** Iran is right about which rules are universal **

I don't know how much clearer it gets??? Who's gonna argue that UNCLOS is universal anyway? The US or pissrael? Neither of which are party to the UNCLOS and who very much assert authority outside their territorial waters?

[–] BoJackHorseman@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

International law has no meaning if nations don't participate.

For example, the United States has laws and policies designed to prevent the arrest of U.S. personnel and its allies by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The 2002 American Service-Members' Protection Act (ASPA) authorizes the US President to use "all means necessary and appropriate" to release U.S. or allied personnel detained by the ICC, often termed the "Hague Invasion Act".

[–] BoJackHorseman@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Up to 200 nautical miles from the coast is nation's territory.

[–] knotRyder@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Can you tell me how wide that straight is and what's on the other side of it so it's contested isn't it