{"id":438539,"date":"2026-04-10T07:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=438539"},"modified":"2026-04-10T07:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:46:12","slug":"trumps-hormuz-ultimatum-to-iran-stop-the-tolls-or-else-japan-releases-more-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=438539","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Hormuz Ultimatum to Iran: Stop the Tolls or Else \u2013 Japan Releases More Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"438543\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=438543\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Trumps-Hormuz-Ultimatum-to-Iran-Stop-the-Tolls-or-Else-%E2%80%93-Japan-Releases-More-Oil.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"784,1168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0 Trump\u2019s Hormuz Ultimatum to Iran Stop the Tolls or Else \u2013 Japan Releases More Oil\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Trumps-Hormuz-Ultimatum-to-Iran-Stop-the-Tolls-or-Else-%E2%80%93-Japan-Releases-More-Oil.jpg?fit=687%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Trumps-Hormuz-Ultimatum-to-Iran-Stop-the-Tolls-or-Else-%E2%80%93-Japan-Releases-More-Oil.jpg?resize=687%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-438543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Trumps-Hormuz-Ultimatum-to-Iran-Stop-the-Tolls-or-Else-%E2%80%93-Japan-Releases-More-Oil.jpg?resize=687%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 687w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Trumps-Hormuz-Ultimatum-to-Iran-Stop-the-Tolls-or-Else-%E2%80%93-Japan-Releases-More-Oil.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Trumps-Hormuz-Ultimatum-to-Iran-Stop-the-Tolls-or-Else-%E2%80%93-Japan-Releases-More-Oil.jpg?resize=768%2C1144&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Trumps-Hormuz-Ultimatum-to-Iran-Stop-the-Tolls-or-Else-%E2%80%93-Japan-Releases-More-Oil.jpg?resize=640%2C953&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Trumps-Hormuz-Ultimatum-to-Iran-Stop-the-Tolls-or-Else-%E2%80%93-Japan-Releases-More-Oil.jpg?w=784&amp;ssl=1 784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Trump has issued a sharp warning to Iran over reports that Tehran is charging tolls\/fees on oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 the narrow chokepoint carrying about 20% of global seaborne oil and significant LNG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump posted on Truth Social: \u201cThere are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait \u2014 They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!\u201d He also accused Iran of doing a \u201cvery poor job, dishonorable some would say,\u201d of allowing oil to flow freely, despite a fragile recent ceasefire that was supposed to reopen the waterway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strait has been heavily disrupted since the recent US-Iran conflict escalated. Traffic remains largely constrained even after the ceasefire. Iran has reportedly demanded tolls (up to $1\u20132+ million per ship in some accounts, possibly in crypto or yuan), which the US views as a violation of the ceasefire terms and a threat to freedom of navigation. Trump has floated ideas like a US-Iran \u201cjoint venture\u201d on security\/tolls in the past, but he\u2019s now drawing a hard line against unilateral Iranian fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This matters because any sustained disruption or added costs here ripple globally: higher insurance, rerouting, and crude prices that hit importers hardest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compounding the pressure, Japan \u2014 which imports over 90% of its oil from the Middle East \u2014 is tapping its strategic reserves again. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced plans for an additional ~20 days\u2019 worth of oil release starting as early as May. This follows an earlier massive drawdown (around 45\u201350+ days equivalent, including ~80 million barrels) that began in March amid the initial disruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan has coordinated some of this with the IEA, but the moves signal real concern that Hormuz flows won\u2019t normalize quickly. Refiners are already cutting runs; gasoline and energy prices in Japan (and elsewhere) have spiked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is classic energy geopolitics: the world\u2019s most critical oil artery is still not fully open post-conflict, Iran is testing leverage with fees, and Trump is using his trademark blunt style to push back while keeping options open. Japan\u2019s repeated SPR releases act as a short-term buffer but highlight vulnerability \u2014 strategic reserves aren\u2019t infinite, and prolonged tightness could keep global oil prices elevated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ceasefire looks shaky, with talks ongoing this weekend. Free, unimpeded passage through Hormuz has been a long-standing international norm; turning it into a toll booth sets a dangerous precedent that could encourage other chokepoint nations. Markets are watching closely \u2014 any escalation or further delays will feed the current energy crunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s warning is direct: keep the strait open and toll-free, or face consequences. Whether it leads to de-escalation or more friction will shape oil markets (and inflation) in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Markets are watching every word. If Iran backs off the fees and traffic resumes, relief could come fast. If not, expect more volatility \u2014 and more headlines like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">_____________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trump warns Iran on Hormuz tolls as energy crunch prompts Japan to release more oil<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From The <a href=\"https:\/\/boereport.com\/2026\/04\/10\/trump-warns-iran-on-hormuz-tolls-as-energy-crunch-prompts-japan-to-release-more-oil\/\">BOE Report<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/boereport.com\/author\/reuters\/\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran not to charge tolls on ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, as a mounting global energy crisis prompted Japan on Friday to announce a further emergency oil release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iran war has damaged Gulf energy production, stranded tanker traffic, and boosted oil prices by about 50% in the world\u2019s worst energy shock, with Asian buyers among the hardest hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait,\u201d Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. \u201cThey better not be and, if they are, they better stop now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is not the agreement we have!,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening the strait at the southern tip of the Gulf to free hundreds of stranded tankers and other vessels was a condition of the two-week ceasefire announced on April 7 after weeks of attacks that have damaged energy infrastructure across the Gulf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokesperson for Iran\u2019s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters\u2019 Union, Hamid Hosseini, had told the Financial Times newspaper that Iran would demand tolls in cryptocurrency during the ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IRAN LAYS OUT NEW ROUTE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also set forth a special route for vessels to follow, warning them to sail through Iranian waters around Larak Island to avoid the risk of naval mines in the usual lanes through the strait, Iran\u2019s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conflict has had a global impact well beyond Gulf economies and tourism, with inflationary energy price rises and damage to supply of liquefied natural gas and aluminium, cooking gas for India, helium for Asia\u2019s chipmakers, diesel for farmers, and jet fuel for airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JAPAN PLANS EMERGENCY RELEASE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan plans to release an additional 20 days\u2019 worth of oil reserves from May, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told a cabinet meeting on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan is dependent on the Gulf for some 95% of its oil. Takaichi said by May the country should be able to secure more than half of its imports via routes that bypass the Strait of Hormuz, without providing details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the Gulf effectively shut, Saudi Arabia is managing to export via the Red Sea port of Yanbu. Japan in May is also set to receive four times the U.S. crude it did a year earlier, a trade and economy ministry document showed on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GULF PRODUCER PLANS29dk2902lhttps:\/\/boereport.com\/29dk2902l.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi overnight updated its production status, with state news agency SPA reporting that Iranian attacks had cut oil production capacity by around 600,000 barrels per day and flows on its East-West Pipeline to Yanbu by about 700,000 bpd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top exporter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/boereport.com\/tag\/saudi-aramco\/?utm_campaign=kw-link-name\">Saudi Aramco<\/a>\u00a0has asked its clients to submit nominations for May cargoes loading from Yanbu and Ras Tanura, two sources said, with Ras Tanura loadings dependent on the strait reopening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kuwait Petroleum Corp has provided April loading dates on free-on-board basis, two sources said, but these also depend on strait sailings resuming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, KPC declared force majeure on deliveries in light of the Gulf being closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IRANIAN CRUDE AT PREMIUM TO BRENT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran\u2019s crude exports remain largely unfettered, with Chinese independent \u201cteapot\u201d refiners, its biggest buyers, paying premiums to Brent for the first time in years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iranian oil typically trades at a discount because of sanctions, yet at least two refiners in Dongying, Shandong province, purchased Iranian Light at premiums of $1.50 to $2 a barrel to ICE Brent this week, trade sources said. That compared with a $10 per barrel discount before the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One source said he believed it was the first time since 2022 that teapots had bought Iranian oil at a premium to Brent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brent crude futures were up 1% at just below $97 per barrel as of 1010 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate was up 0.7% at about $98.50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Jonathan Saul and Ahmad Ghaddar in London; Katya Golubkova and Yuka Obayashi, Kaori Kaneko and Yoshifumi Takemoto in Tokyo; Florence Tan, Siyi Liu and Trixie Yap in Singapore; writing by Jason Neely; editing by Jan Harvey)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boereport.com\/tag\/saudi-aramco\/\">Saudi Aramco<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump posted on Truth Social: \u201cThere are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait \u2014 They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!\u201d He also accused Iran of doing a \u201cvery poor job, dishonorable some would say,\u201d of allowing oil to flow freely, despite a fragile recent ceasefire that was supposed to reopen the waterway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":438543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691842212,691839810,691819026,691819148,691827760,691841779,691837326],"class_list":["post-438539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gulf-energy-production","tag-iran","tag-japan","tag-oil-and-gas","tag-saudi-aramco","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-u-s-president-donald-trump","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Trumps-Hormuz-Ultimatum-to-Iran-Stop-the-Tolls-or-Else-%E2%80%93-Japan-Releases-More-Oil.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1Q5d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":430283,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=430283","url_meta":{"origin":438539,"position":0},"title":"Iran Nearly Crippled Global Energy, But Trump Found A New Weapon","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/09\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"As energy markets reel from the U.S.\u2019 war with Iran, the Trump administration is racing against time to insulate Americans from any more pain at the pump.","rel":"","context":"In \"crude oil\"","block_context":{"text":"crude oil","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=crude-oil"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-Iran-Nearly-Crippled-Global-Energy-But-Trump-Found-A-New-Weapon.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-Iran-Nearly-Crippled-Global-Energy-But-Trump-Found-A-New-Weapon.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-Iran-Nearly-Crippled-Global-Energy-But-Trump-Found-A-New-Weapon.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-Iran-Nearly-Crippled-Global-Energy-But-Trump-Found-A-New-Weapon.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":430190,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=430190","url_meta":{"origin":438539,"position":1},"title":"Strait of Hormuz Siege: How a Prolonged Middle East War Could Cripple Global Energy Supplies","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/08\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world's most strategically important waterways, often called the planet's premier oil chokepoint due to its role in global energy supplies. 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