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NEW: Iran is now ready to fully block the Bab el-Mandeb Strait the moment the war resumes, building on “initial steps” Iran began on April 17 toward blocking the strait, with the goal of triggering “unprecedented energy shortages and soaring prices” to shift the US stance toward Iran, per informed sources in Tehran.
Bab el-Mandeb carries 15+ undersea cables, twice as much as Hormuz, transmitting 90 percent of all Europe-Asia bandwidth. A single dragged anchor damaged 15 cables in the strait in September 2025. Iran would control the digital connection between the world’s two largest economic zones.
The strait is also the southern chokepoint for the Suez corridor, carrying roughly 30 percent of global container traffic between Asia and Europe.