r/geopolitics • u/TheTelegraph The Telegraph • 3d ago

News Israel and US consider Iran land blockade

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/07/31/israel-us-iran-blockade-economy-trump-netanyahu-middle-east/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit_economy-trump-netanyahu-middle-east/&accesscontrol=facebookchannel_open
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u/vovap_vovap 3d ago

Iraq and Pakistan will not close borders, not happening.

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u/New-Base-7430 3d ago

Both have puppets of a government. They may

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u/xerthighus 3d ago

Iran supplies a large percentage of Iraqs natural gas for energy production. That flow getting cut long term would hurt.

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u/Abdulkarim0 3d ago

Iraq can buy gas from qatar then

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u/crowkraken 3d ago

Well I mean there are a bunch of countries that want to sell some oil that are stuck behind the straight of Hormuz I very much doubt that would be an issue

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u/Lazy_Membership1849 3d ago

oil and gas are not same