Iran & America are both making access to a maritime route contingent on their politics, in violation of international codes. Those who depend on Hormuz and are maritime powers, like India, cannot endorse such discretionary access
A strait does not have to be closed to be weaponised. It only has to be made conditional. That is the danger now visible at Hormuz, where transit is being treated, not as a right under international law, but as leverage, in a power struggle.