How Iran is winning

伊朗如何赢得胜利

Today, Explained

2026-04-01

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Iran is using the Strait of Hormuz as leverage in the war. It's working. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Andrea López-Cruzado, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Noel King. Locals visiting Muscat Anchorage near the Strait of Hormuz. Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • It only Tuesday and the average price of a gallon of gas in these United States just topped $4.

  • So President Trump is proposing a new strategy to get oil from Iran's Strait of Hormuz for,

  • quote, all of those countries that ca n't get jet fuel.

  • Social.

  • Build up some delayed courage, go to the strait, and just take it.

  • You'll have to start learning how to fight for yourself.

  • The USA won't be there to help you anymore, just like you weren't there for us.

  • Iran has been essentially decimated.

  • The hard part is done.

  • Go get your own oil.

  • But then crude oil prices rose again after an Iranian drone set a Kuwaiti oil tanker on fire.

  • So, yeah.

  • Coming up on today explained how and where and why Iran is winning this war.

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  • Jerry Doyle, he's the global defense editor at Bloomberg News.