US EditionUS intelligence warns Iran unlikely to ease Hormuz Strait chokehold soon: Reuters
Iran is using its control of the waterway to keep oil prices high and pressure President Donald Trump, according to U.S. intelligence.
- Recent intelligence from the United States warns Iran is unlikely to open the Strait of Hormuz soon, as Tehran views its grip on the waterway as primary leverage over the United States.
- Since the war began on February 28, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has blocked the Strait using mines and attacks on civilian vessels, sending world oil prices to multi-year highs.
- Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, stated the United States inadvertently handed Iran a "weapon of mass disruption," with Tehran's chokehold "much more potent than even a nuclear weapon."
- A White House official said President Donald Trump is "confident that the strait will be open very soon," though Trump posted on Truth Social he could "easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE.
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Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a tool of pressure. According to US intelligence reports, Tehran is currently reluctant to open it. This is affecting oil supplies and prices. Experts believe that opening it through military action would be difficult and extremely risky.
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