Iran is considering charging major tech companies like Google and Meta for using undersea internet cables that pass through the Strait of Hormuz. This move aims to increase economic pressure on the West.

Tehran is floating the idea of charging the world’s largest tech companies – including Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon – for using the undersea internet cables crossing the Strait of Hormuz in a new attempt to exploit its control over the critical waterway to ratchet up economic pressure on the West.