Iran vows Hormuz stays shut until US meets demands as Houthis widen Red Sea blockade

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Iran vows Hormuz stays shut until US meets demands as Houthis widen Red Sea blockade

Iran vows Hormuz stays shut until US meets demands as Houthis widen Red Sea blockade. This hardens the more bearish read from our earlier piece on Trump's low key posture. The IRGC's insistence that Hormuz stays a theatre of war until sanct

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Iran vows Hormuz stays shut until US meets demands as Houthis widen Red Sea blockade. This hardens the more bearish read from our earlier piece on Trump's low key posture. The IRGC's insistence that Hormuz stays a theatre of war until sanct

Iran vows Hormuz stays shut until US meets demands as Houthis widen Red Sea blockade

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Iran vows Hormuz stays shut until US meets demands as Houthis widen Red Sea blockade. This hardens the more bearish read from our earlier piece on Trump's low key posture. The IRGC's insistence that Hormuz stays a theatre of war until sanct

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This hardens the more bearish read from our earlier piece on Trump's low key posture. The IRGC's insistence that Hormuz stays a theatre of war until sanctions are lifted and compensation is paid suggests the Vahidi camp, not Pezeshkian's, is currently setting the terms, and that argues for a firmer near term price floor rather than the fade Trump's reassuring tone implied. Reduced tanker traffic through the strait and Saturday's tanker strike add a live supply disruption on top of the political standoff. The Houthi blockade on Saudi Red Sea ports is a genuine confounding factor, opening a seco…

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