Iran Uses Strait of Hormuz as Leverage Amid Gulf Conflict
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Iran is blocking the Strait of Hormuz to leverage rivals amid ongoing Middle East fighting, following a string of attacks on merchant ships that has pushed oil prices toward $100 a barrel and threatened global energy supplies.
- What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why Is Iran Blocking It? The New York Times
- What it will mean for the economy if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed Axios
- Iran does not want to block Hormuz, Tehran diplomat says Euronews.com
- Iran Threatens Passage of Oil Through the Red Sea's Bab el-Mandeb Strait WSJ
- How the Strait of Hormuz closure affects global oil supply Reuters
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