Iran Could Extract More Concessions By Closing Hormuz Again: Less than a day after Washington claimed Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to a ceasefire, additional strikes in Lebanon have not only collapsed the deal, but also resulted in the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran confirmed on the morning of Saturday, June 20, that it had once again closed the Strait of Hormuz, citing Israeli “violations” of the peace deal.
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At roughly the same hour on Saturday that Iran announced it was closing the Strait of Hormuz again, Vice President JD Vance went on Fox News and said the opposite was true. The United States had moved 16 million barrels of oil through the strait in the previous 24 hours, Vance said, “basically to where it was before the war even started,” which to him suggested, “the straits really are open.” He doubted reports that Iran had been turning ships away, and said Washington was “not seeing any evidence” of an Iranian closure.
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How Iran Won the Negotiations Without A Military: A CNN report claimed on Thursday that U.S. intelligence agencies believe that Iran now has the ability to shut down the Strait of Hormuz whenever it decides to. If true, the assessment means that Tehran could once again hold the global economy hostage and has a major point of leverage over the next sixty days as Washington attempts to hash out a deal with the regime.
According to the report, U.S.