The Strait of Hormuz has been disrupted before. A look at past crises
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- Associated Press via San Francisco Chronicle
- Published
- 2026-03-10
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- news report
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- https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/the-strait-of-hormuz-has-been-disrupted-before-a-22084965.php
- Last checked
- 2026-10-26
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Defense and Security
Everyone said this would happen: 50 years of warnings that Iran would close Hormuz and that bombs alone could not end its program
The Shah said Iran could close Hormuz in 1972; Iran threatened it in 1983, 1984, 2011, 2018 and 2025; a 2012 bipartisan study said strikes buy four years at most and invite retaliation at the strait. By September 2026 the US was losing.