{"id":2619320,"date":"2026-06-25T20:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marco-rubio-warns-irans-strait-of-hormuz-scheme-could-spread-throughout-the-world-like-a-contagion\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T20:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:36:42","slug":"marco-rubio-warns-irans-strait-of-hormuz-scheme-could-spread-throughout-the-world-like-a-contagion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marco-rubio-warns-irans-strait-of-hormuz-scheme-could-spread-throughout-the-world-like-a-contagion\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Rubio Warns Iran&#8217;s Strait of Hormuz Scheme Could &#8216;Spread Throughout the World Like a Contagion&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarco-rubio-warns-irans-strait-of-hormuz-scheme-could-spread-throughout-the-world-like-a-contagion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2619320&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content features a report on U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio&#8217;s remarks concerning Iran&#8217;s potential attempt to impose charges (tolls or fees) on shipping passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Rubio emphasized that the Strait is international waters, a fundamental principle of freedom of the seas, and warned that accepting such tolls would set a perilous precedent, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trumps-foreign-policy-legacy-4-accomplishments-to-remember\/\" title=\"President Trump\u2019s Foreign Policy Legacy: 4 Accomplishments To Remember\">global chaos<\/a>. He stated that no country has the right to charge for access to international waterways, and this stance will be non-negotiable in any deal with Iran. The article also discusses Iran&#8217;s recent threats and actions against shipping in the Strait, including an attack on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-september-2021-shipping-backlog-on-the-west-coast\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A September 2021 Shipping Backlog On The West Coast?\">cargo vessel<\/a>, and notes iran&#8217;s proposal to charge &#8220;fees&#8221; for transit, which could be legal if they refer to services rendered. Rubio\u2019s comments were made during a speech in Bahrain, headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet, underscoring the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >free maritime navigation<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-passing-spending-bills-important-to-reduce-inflation\/\" title=\"Buttigieg: Passing Spending Bills &#039;Important&#039; to Reduce Inflation\">global oil markets<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday warned that an Iranian scheme to collect money from shipping that uses the Strait of Hormuz would amount to a \u201ccontagion\u201d that would endanger global navigation.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio was in Bahrain \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navyweek.org\/navy-bases\/naval-support-activity-bahrain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headquarters<\/a> of the U.S. Navy\u2019s Fifth Fleet \u2014 on the same day the Iranian military <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cargo-vessel-hit-projectile-strait-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked a cargo vessel<\/a> transiting the strait.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, Rubio stressed that accepting the ability of Iran \u2014 or any nation \u2014 to exert extortionate control over international shipping would violate a \u201cfoundational principle\u201d of freedom of the seas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Marco Rubio on Iran:<\/p>\n<p>Straits of Hormuz are international waters. International waterways do not belong to any nation-state. This is a foundational principle in the world today, without which the world would be in total chaos.<\/p>\n<p>If, in fact, we accept that you can charge money to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/slCCqx8mAK\">pic.twitter.com\/slCCqx8mAK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clash Report (@clashreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/clashreport\/status\/2070055078501753117?\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Straits of Hormuz are international waters,\u201d Rubio told members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, according to a State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2026\/06\/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-and-bahraini-foreign-minister-abdullatif-bin-rashid-al-zayani-at-a-meeting-with-the-gulf-cooperation-council-member-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcript<\/a>. \u201cInternational waterways do not belong to any nation-state. This is a foundational principle in the world today, without which the world would be in total chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio said accepting that Iran could charge a toll for ships using the strait would \u201cspread throughout the world like a contagion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then we\u2019re going to have chaos,\u201d he said. \u201cSo that is not acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And such a situation won\u2019t be part of any deal the U.S. reaches with Iran, he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">US Secretary of State Marco Rubio responds to Iran\u2019s attempts to normalize transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can call it a toll, you can call it a fee\u2014call it whatever you want. It is merely a matter of semantics.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that no country in the world has the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zajNbb9TFf\">pic.twitter.com\/zajNbb9TFf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eli Afriat \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 (@EliAfriatISR) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EliAfriatISR\/status\/2070075274457423875?\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Strait of Hormuz, which connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Red Sea, and global oil markets beyond, is a chokepoint for oil tankers leaving the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has used its position on the north side of the strait to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-iran-closes-straight-hormuz-threatens-end-peace-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threaten shipping<\/a> through the gulf, which has caused a large part of the rise in global oil prices since the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/iran-war-trump-us-oil-hormuz-key-dates-events.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">began on Feb. 28<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s attack on a Singapore-flagged vessel reinforced the danger of that threat.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, the Islamic Republic proposed charging \u201cfees\u201d for shipping through the strait, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/15\/world\/middleeast\/shipping-fees-tolls-strait-hormuz.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>While noting that \u201ctolls\u201d would be illegal under international law, the newspaper explained that \u201cfees\u201d \u2014 money in exchange for services rendered \u2014 could be legal.<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that Iran did not explain what services would be rendered. (Presumably, they would include not targeting paying customers with missiles from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/israel-strikes-inside-iran-fanatical-regime-targets-residential-areas-missiles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Rubio had no time for word games during his Bahrain speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can call it a \u2018toll,\u2019 you can call it a \u2018fee,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cWhatever you want to call it, it\u2019s a game of semantics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality of it is that no country on Earth has a right to charge for the use of international waterways,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that will never be an acceptable condition of any deal,\u201d he said. \u201cThe president has been fundamentally clear about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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