[Husker24]

I don’t understand what Iran hopes to gain from this. They have to know they’ll just get their ass kicked?

[mrsmith]

At the minimum, iran expects to drive oil prices up. they desperately need increased price for their oil.

[crz]

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/07/19/iranian-ships-stranded-brazil-without-fuel/

[Leaning Right]

> I don’t understand what Iran hopes to gain from this. <

I will play the devil’s advocate here. The U.K. seized an Iranian ship because that ship violated “sanctions”. But Iran never agreed to those sanctions! It would be like if Russia said that no foreign ship may enter the Black Sea, then seized a U.S. ship that did so.

The U.S. would have to respond. It would be a matter of national pride. The same applies to Iran. It had to seize a U.K. ship. It’s a matter of national pride.

[Bratch]

I don’t understand what Iran hopes to gain from this. They have to know they’ll just get their ass kicked?

President Trump has maneuvered his economic chess pieces into a position where Iran will eventually be checkmated.

Their only chance of thwarting his strategy is to goad him into making a move based on impulse instead of logic.

So far, he's resisted their efforts.

[firebrand]

It would give them a chance to annihilate Israel—that’s what they think anyway.