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In this video, we’re going to explain why the US (which has spent the past few weeks asking for the Strait to be reopened) is now blocking the Strait of Hormuz; and whether this new strategy will work.
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Sources
Clips
https://www.youtube.com/live/4fwqBgAhZPo?si=irwyJC7iCK1mv3iw&t=2484
https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2043342780538179783?s=20
https://x.com/Osint613/status/2041234300419318228?s=20
Iran negotiations
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5827150-historic-us-iran-meeting/
https://www.ft.com/content/232417a6-b351-493f-81f3-e7b3b94ebc08?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Trump Truth social post
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116392448970133700
CENTCOM clarification
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2043432050921718194
Chinese/Russian tankers passing
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-11/three-oil-supertankers-appear-to-make-move-through-hormuz-strait
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-10/russian-flagged-tanker-transits-hormuz-as-iran-tensions-mount
Bab-al-Mandeb
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/6/iran-threatens-bab-al-mandeb-closure-how-would-that-affect-world-trade
UK saying it won’t join blockade
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c393wxzw4yjo
0:00 Trump Blockades Hormuz
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