US Threat to Block Iranian Oil Faces Practical Obstacles
Plans to obstruct the waterway threaten to deepen the energy supply shock.
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Welcome to our guide to the commodities driving the global economy. Today, reporter Grant Smith looks at US plans to obstruct Iran-linked vessels transiting Hormuz.
For the past six weeks, the world has wondered how US President Donald Trump would end Iran’s blockade of the Persian Gulf’s critical chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz.