Iran closes Strait of Hormuz
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The move came amid heightened US military deployments in West Asia, open threats of force from Washington, and domestic unrest inside Iran following a violent crackdown on protests.
Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz for a few hours on Tuesday, Iranian state media reported, without making clear whether the waterway, one of the world's most vital oil export routes, had fully reopened.
IRAN has fired back at the United States’ scare tactics by closing off the world’s most strategic oil shipping route for the first time since the 1980s. Supreme tyrant Ayatollah Ali
The day before nuclear talks were set to resume, Iran conducted live drills in the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway for oil and gas shipments.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launch massive military drill in Hormuz Strait and Persian Gulf - Anadolu Ajansı