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Iran Again Closes Strait
Iran’s Guard navy said any vessel entering the strait will be targeted until the U.S. blockade on its ports is lifted.
- On Sunday, Iran reversed its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, maintaining a total blockade of the strategic waterway. The Revolutionary Guard Corps declared transit prohibited until the United States lifts its naval blockade on Iranian ports.
- The Revolutionary Guard warned Saturday that 'no vessel should make any movement' in the Persian Gulf or Sea of Oman. Approaching the Strait now constitutes 'cooperation with the enemy,' with officials threatening to target any violating ships.
- Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran's chief negotiator, stated the waterway remains under Iran's control. He linked the choke point's reopening to the United States ending its blockade, claiming the ceasefire was nearly compromised by U.S. mine-clearing attempts.
- United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that two Revolutionary Guard gunboats fired on a tanker transiting the Strait on Saturday. The crew remained safe, though the incident occurred amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
- Roughly one-fifth of the world's oil passes through the Strait, and continued restrictions threaten to squeeze already constrained global supplies. This standoff persists even as a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah appears to hold.
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