Iran Finds NEW WAY To Fund War! Google, Meta & Microsoft Forced To PAY BILLIONS To Iran?

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:02]You already know about Iran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most critical oil artery. 30% of the planet's crude passes through that narrow channel every single day. Iran has used it to threaten, to bargain, to squeeze. But oil is old leverage now. The Iran is now eyeing something much bigger, something more modern, and something that doesn't just move energy.

[00:00:33]It moves everything, the internet.

[00:00:36]IRGC-linked media outlet Tasnim has published a formal proposal titled bluntly three practical steps for generating revenue from the Strait of Hormuz internet cables. The argument is simple.

[00:00:53]The world's data runs under waters, and Iran wants to cut it.

[00:01:00]According to Tasnim, submarine fiber optic cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz carry more than 10 trillion dollars in financial transactions every single day. 10 trillion dollars a day, viewers. And Iran says it hasn't seen a single cent. The plan, a proposed plan, would require tech firms to pay licensing fees and transit cost for data transmission rights. Companies like [music] Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft would be required to comply with Iranian law. And here is where it gets specially audacious. Exclusive control over maintenance and repair of the cables would be handed to Iranian companies as per this proposal, turning Hormuz into what Iran is calling one of its digital power levers. Imagine that. Iranian military spokesperson, Brigadier General Ebrahim Zolfaghari, declared on social media publicly, on the record, that Iran will impose fees on internet cables.

[00:02:10]So, what exactly is at stake here? At least [music] seven major communication cables serving Gulf countries pass through the Strait [music] of Hormuz.

[00:02:20]The Falcon, GBI, and Gulf TGN systems connecting data centers across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Targeting them would not just slow down your Instagram scroll, it would hit banks, military communications, AI cloud infrastructure, financial transaction, messaging systems, everything. [music] The plumbing of the modern global economy, every single thing.

[00:02:48]One Iranian parliamentarian put potential revenues from the transit fees as up to $15 billion.

[00:02:58]Now, can Iran actually pull this off?

[00:03:00]That is where the story gets [music] complicated.

[00:03:06]The tech companies are barred from making payments to Iran under strict US sanctions, which means they may view all of this as posturing rather than serious policy.

[00:03:19]>> [music] >> But, here is what is interesting.

[00:03:22]Iran doesn't necessarily need Google to write a check. State-affiliated media outlets have issued veiled threats warning of damage to these cables, [music] damage that could affect trillions of dollars in global data transmission. [music] That is the real message here. Pay us, or accidents might happen.

[00:03:47]Viewers, think about what Iran has already done in recent weeks. It floated a toll scheme for shipping vessels. Iran has been making direct demands for payment, [music] toll fees just to let ships sail. The pattern is clear. Iran is monetizing geography, oil roads, shipping lanes, and now the world's internet itself.

[00:04:11]The Strait of Hormuz has always been a choke [music] point. Iran is now trying to turn every pipe, every cable, every fiber optic thread running through it into a revenue stream, or >> [music] >> a weapon.

[00:04:28]The question is, who is going to stop them? What do you think? Tell us in the comment section below.