Fact of Life.

also using ship-to-ship transfers.

China's position is public. They are ignoring sanctions.

Increase in rail shipments:
https://www.moneycontrol.com/world/iran-bypasses-us-blockade-with-rail-oil-exports-to-china-pakistan-freight-traffic-surges-article-13936437.html

They're sitting across the table."
- Donald Trump, speech at Liberty University, January 18, 2016

Lots of Crapola results.

You say if it isn't opened by July 4, oil will skyrocket. But you also say China is getting oil through the strait and once China is able to do, it's all over.

The Straits of Schrödinger?

A lot more than oil goes through Hormuz.

I have no idea what arrangement China made with Iran but China is Iran's biggest oil customer so it has to treat China nice and vice versa.

Pay a toll and one gets safe passage

I support Democrats.

affect the price of oil?

Oh, and by the way, and it should go without saying, that I support Democrats too -- never thought that posters here had to reaffirm that fact when they post.

You asked a rhetorical question about whether Hormuz was open and so I was forced to answer it.

In my post I even stated that an Exxon Mobil executive stated that if Hormuz wasn't open by the 4th of July that Brent crude would skyrocket.

That statement should have given you a clue as to whether Hormuz was open or not.

Why does anyone think Iran is going to trust Trump. They've stated over and over they dont

Trump tore up our previous agreement with Iran then, while negotiating a new agreement, he unexpectedly bombed them. He has a history of breaking deals on a whim.

The grifter in chief is making too much money by manipulating the stock market during his war to want it to end.

He does not give a crap about you and me. Only himself and his bank account.

He is too blind to see or undertand the consequences of his actions.

He's never filled a gas tank or gone shopping for groceries.

He needs to go away ASAP

As the election gets closer, Trump will get more and more desperate to end this. Time is on Iran's side.

Is there any limit to this man's ignorance, stupidity, and arrogance?
But then, he's making America great again everyday in every way.

They already HAD a deal with the US. How did that work out for them.

A pariah state is a country widely viewed as an international outcast because of its actions or policies.

Common reasons include:

Serious human rights abuses
Aggressive military actions
Support for terrorism
Pursuit of banned weapons
Repeated violations of international law or norms