GENEVA (AP) — Iran introduced the temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday for dwell fireplace navy drills in a uncommon present of pressure as its negotiators held one other spherical of oblique talks with the US in Geneva over its disputed nuclear program.
It was the primary time Iran has introduced the closure of the important thing worldwide waterway, via which 20% of the world’s oil passes, for the reason that U.S. began threatening Iran and dashing navy property to the area. It marks an extra escalation in a weekslong standoff that would ignite one other struggle within the Center East.
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