{"id":28434,"date":"2026-03-26T21:51:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=28434"},"modified":"2026-03-26T21:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:51:18","slug":"diplomatic-bombshell-from-tehran-green-light-to-spain-for-free-passage-through-the-straits-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=28434","title":{"rendered":"Diplomatic &#8220;bombshell&#8221; from Tehran: &#8220;Green&#8221; light to Spain for free passage through the Straits of Hormuz!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a surprise move that is changing the balance of power in the Persian Gulf, the Iranian government has announced that it is allowing the Kingdom of Spain to use the Strait of Hormuz with \u201cabsolute freedom\u201d. This decision ensures that Spanish ships and tankers will not face any restrictions or barriers that would hinder their navigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spain\u2019s choice is not accidental. Tehran seems to be rewarding Madrid\u2019s \u201cmoderate\u201d stance on the crisis or seeking to create a European \u201crift\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The country is heavily dependent on LNG imports. Free passage gives it a huge advantage over the rest of Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This move sends the message that Iran is not at war with \u201cthe whole world\u201d, but only with those who follow the aggressive Trump-Netanyahu line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprise move that is changing the balance of power in the Persian Gulf, the Iranian government has announced that it is allowing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[818,823,390],"tags":[25,160,998,4632,3616,70],"class_list":["post-28434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-middle-east","category-politics","tag-eu","tag-iran","tag-spain","tag-straits-of-hormuz","tag-tehran","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28436,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28434\/revisions\/28436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}