Tehran shuts Hormuz again as Iranian gunboats fire on tanker

The Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical maritime oil chokepoint, has once again become the epicenter of global geopolitical instability. Iranian military forces, specifically elements of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, have effectively shuttered the waterway following an aggressive confrontation in which Iranian gunboats opened fire on a commercial tanker. This latest […]

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