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Iran's Undersea Gambit: Tehran Targets the Internet's Backbone as Leverage Against Big Tech

As the United States-Iran conflict grinds on and a blockade seals the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers, Tehran is turning to a different kind of choke point: the undersea fiber-optic cables that carry roughly a third of the world's internet traffic between Europe and Asia.

Declan Moye · Monexus Business · Economy desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·18 May 2026·Live on the wire ↗
As the United States-Iran conflict grinds on and a blockade seals the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers, Tehran is turning to a different kind of choke point: the undersea fiber-optic cables that carry roughly a third of the world's internet…
As the United States-Iran conflict grinds on and a blockade seals the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers, Tehran is turning to a different kind of choke point: the undersea fiber-optic cables that carry roughly a third of the world's internet… @thecradlemedia · Telegram

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