Scholar warns: Iran is normalizing control of the Strait of Hormuz.

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BlockBeats news, July 3 - According to Al Jazeera, Rob Geist Pinfold, a lecturer in security studies at King's College London, said that despite U.S. efforts to restore normal shipping and reach a memorandum of understanding, Iran's actual control over the Strait of Hormuz has not been weakened, but has instead been further enhanced after the conflict.

He pointed out that before the conflict, about 125 ships passed through the strait each day, but even after recent diplomatic efforts, shipping traffic remains significantly below that level. Pinfold believes that Gulf states had already been seeking alternative trade routes before the conflict, and the trend has accelerated further after the war, but Iran has consolidated its influence over this critical waterway by continuously "creating facts on the ground."

He emphasized that Iran is deepening its strategic entrenchment in the strait, leaving shipping companies with "no choice but to adapt" to the new reality in actual operations. (Jin10)

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