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Eyes are on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz

Officials said the Bab el-Mandeb strait carries 4 to 6 million barrels of oil a day and could be used to pressure global trade.

Summary
US President Donald Trump on Sunday made expletive-filled threats against Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday deadline, after American forces rescued a wounded aviator whose Iran-downed plane fell behind enemy lines. A defiant Iran struck infrastructure targets in neighbouring Gulf Arab countries and threatened to restrict another heavily used regional waterway, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the Arabian Peninsula.

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Iran threatens the US government with the closure of another strait which is important for international trade.

·Germany
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Donald Trump addresses the Iranian leadership in a force-picked online posting. Tehran threatens with further actions that could hit world trade sensitively. More in the live ticker.

·Dortmund, Germany
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Aporrea broke the news in on Sunday, April 5, 2026.
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