Washington, June 22 -- Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin has noted that Iran would "suffer the most" if it tried to close the Strait of Hormuz, adding that any disruption would not last more than few days. His remarks come in the wake of the US bombing of three nuclear installations in Iran.

The Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important oil chokepoints located between Oman and Iran, connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. The strait is deep enough and wide enough to handle the world's largest crude oil tankers

Rubin said that closing the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway and among the most crucial oil route of the world, might cause a short-term disruptions in the oil supply to several count...