Blockade succeeds where sanctions failed as Iran oil exports stall
For the first time on record, Iran has gone about seven weeks without shipping meaningful crude exports through the Strait of Hormuz.
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For the first time on record, Iran has gone about seven weeks without shipping meaningful crude exports through the Strait of Hormuz.

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