The undersea cables carry a large share of global data traffic between Europe, the Gulf, and Asia. Tehran proposes to impose a toll for submarine cables that provide internet communications. Iran also wants all management and maintenance handled exclusively by domestic companies.
Seems pretty short term gain for Iran by pissing everybody off.
Because surely the cables can relatively easily be rerouted over land, instead of paying Iran’s tolls. Unlike the tankers, the Internet signals do not need to go though the water.
And how would Iran even justify forbidding the cables from going through the part of the strait which is not their territorial waters? The same way Iran “justifies” forbidding ships from doing that? - as in, no real attempt at a moral or legal justification.
Seems pretty short term gain for Iran by pissing everybody off.
Because surely the cables can relatively easily be rerouted over land, instead of paying Iran’s tolls. Unlike the tankers, the Internet signals do not need to go though the water.
And how would Iran even justify forbidding the cables from going through the part of the strait which is not their territorial waters? The same way Iran “justifies” forbidding ships from doing that? - as in, no real attempt at a moral or legal justification.
it’s war. pissing people off is par for course.
But Iran would be pissing off everybody - for example China and India. Not just the US.
War is pissing other people off. But does Iran want to be at war with all other countries in the world?
It would be a huge interruption of service for one and then the huge cost of replacement.
Submarine cables exist because it is superior to land when done on scale.