Currently they only disrupt shipping to Israel, or linked to Israel, as far as I understand.
Indiscriminate targeting/disruption would raise eyebrows in Beijing and I am sure Iran does not want that.
Indiscriminate targeting/disruption would raise eyebrows in Beijing and I am sure Iran does not want that.
Or, that'll benefit Chinese shipping companies as, again, I highly doubt that they'll be targeted.
The US are probably the least impacted, if at all.
But overall Chinese exports can still be impacted if the major Western shipping companies stop going through those waters. So there might a balance to maintain if Iran wants to avoid a call from Beijing.
Well that's obviously not true. The first one that made the news when it was commandeered is Israeli-owned and I believe that all the ships targeted since have some links with Israel.
The effect is that everyone is thinking twice before sailing through those waters, though.