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Iran claims it will charge US tech companies fees for using undersea Internet cables that run beneath the contested Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes. The war has already halted multiple projects and led to the suspension of cable repairs in the region\u2014and the latest Iranian threats may accelerate efforts by Big Tech and Gulf countries to find alternative routes for bypassing the Strait of Hormuz\u2019s digital chokepoint.<\/p>\n

The latest assertions of Iranian authority over the Strait of Hormuz were announced in a brief statement by Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a spokesperson for Iran\u2019s military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. \u201cWe will impose fees on internet cables\u201d Zolfaghari wrote in a May 9 post<\/a>. It was not immediately clear how Iran might implement such fees or impose its rules on cable projects, given that the majority of routes pass through Oman-controlled waters.<\/p>\n

But Tasnim and Fars, both Iranian state-linked media channels, laid out more detailed proposals on how Iran could charge license fees to US tech giants for the use and maintenance of undersea cables carrying regional Internet traffic, according to The Guardian<\/a>. For example, the Tasnim plan described charging tech companies\u2014specifically naming Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft\u2014license fees for cable usage while also claiming that Iran alone has the right to repair and maintain the subsea cables.<\/p>\n

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Iran claims it will charge US tech companies fees for using undersea Internet cables that run beneath the contested Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes. The war has already halted multiple projects and led to the suspension of cable repairs in the region\u2014and the latest Iranian threats may accelerate efforts by Big Tech and Gulf countries to find alternative routes for bypassing the Strait of Hormuz\u2019s digital chokepoint. 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