One LNG transit, zero breakthrough in Hormuz crisis

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Tensions in the Persian Gulf persist despite a rare LNG transit through the Strait of Hormuz, following the U.S. administration's rejection of an Iranian peace proposal. The ongoing geopolitical situation remains fraught with uncertainty and potential conflict.

Peace in the Persian Gulf appears no closer after president Donald Trump flatly rejected Iran’s response to a US peace proposal over the weekend, even as a rare transit by an LNG carrier offered a glimmer of hope that the Strait of Hormuz is not entirely sealed. “I have just read the response from Iran’s …