CENTCOM Keeps Striking Iran Despite June 3 War Powers Vote as Hormuz Threat Hits 20% of Energy Flows
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Updated · The Jerusalem Post · Jun 8
CENTCOM Keeps Striking Iran Despite June 3 War Powers Vote as Hormuz Threat Hits 20% of Energy Flows
3 articles · Updated · The Jerusalem Post · Jun 8
Summary
CENTCOM strikes on Qeshm Island and other Iranian targets continued even after the US House passed a June 3 war powers resolution and an April 7-8 Pakistan-mediated ceasefire collapsed.
The report argues the campaign is driven less by Iran’s potential warhead than by two existing strategic levers: control over the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s role in Eurasian trade corridors.
Since Feb. 28, Hormuz traffic has fallen sharply, Gulf producers have shut in about 13 million barrels per day, Brent has jumped from about $70 prewar to roughly $97, and US gasoline remains near $4.30 a gallon.
It says Washington’s public focus on a nuclear weapon masks broader aims—blocking Iranian regional hegemony, breaking its chokehold over routes carrying about 20% of global oil and LNG, and pursuing regime change.
The wider implication is a longer war with no easy settlement: even a verified enrichment cap would not remove Iran’s geographic leverage, leaving the conflict structurally hard to end.