Aight, so check it: Iran and Oman tryna flip the script on the Strait of Hormuz. Word on the street is they plannin' on managin' that joint together, which means Iran wanna start charg'in folks to ship they goods through. You know Uncle Sam ain't gon' like that, right?

That Strait of Hormuz ain't no joke, tho. It's where mad oil be movin' through, like a fifth of the whole damn world's supply. Been on lockdown for weeks after some drama went down with the US and Israel, so this new plan could be a real game-changer. The Omani exclave of Musandam lies to the south of the contested waterway, which normally carries a fifth of the world’s seaborne oil traffic but has been blockaded for 10 weeks since since the US-Israeli attack on Iran in February.

Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, out here claimin' that Strait is basically their territory. "The strait is located in the territorial waters of Iran and Oman. There is no international waters in between." Sounds like he ain't playin', ya feel me? Now they coordinatin' with Oman on how to run things.

But peep this: Oman ain't sayin' nothin' yet. They stayin' quiet, watchin' the whole situation unfold. The US, tho? They straight-up said ain't no way they cool with Iran gettin' paid off this. They claim Oman feels the same way, but who knows?

Now, these Western diplomats all worried 'bout Iran tryin' to play God with who gets to pass through, based on where they from and who owns they ships. And they sweatin' that Iran might make folks set up accounts in rial, which could break them UN sanctions 'gainst the IRGC. A requirement that every ship set up a rial account to pay for services would also probably fall foul of UN sanctions prohibiting money being sent to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

France and the UK tryin' to slide in with they own plan 'bout "freedom of navigation," but that just means they tryna keep the door open for they own corporations. Same old story, man. A rival plan based on the freedom of navigation being prepared by France and UK has also been put to Oman, and has the support of most Gulf states.

Iran never signed that UNCLOS treaty, so they ain't bound by all them rules. They say they got the right to block ships if they feel threatened. Straight up, it's all about power and control, ya dig? Iran claims that even if it is bound by Unclos, the enhanced right of transit passage to ships of nations is conditional and passage specifically can be restricted in the event of any threat or use of force against “sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of the coastal states”.