Iran threatens to block more vital seaways as Trump orders renewed Iran blockade

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Iran threatens to block more vital seaways as Trump orders renewed Iran blockade

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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to close vital export corridors after the U.S. reimposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports and closed the Strait of Hormuz. The move escalates regional tensions affecting energy exports crucial to the U.S. and its allies.

By Enas Alashray, Tala Ramadan, Kanishka Singh and Samia Nakhoul CAIRO/WASHINGTON/BEIRUT, July 15 (Reuters) - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to close "all other export corridors that benefit the U.S. and its allies", Iranian media reported, after Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. reimposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports. "Regional energy exports are either shared by all, or denied to all," the IRGC said in a statement carried by Iran's IRNA state news agency on Wednesday.

World Security Conflict Politics Markets Energy Shipping Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval blockade Strait of Hormuz energy exports U.S. regional tensions

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