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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards declare Strait of Hormuz closed, threaten to fire on any ship trying to pass
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This handout natural-color image acquired with MODIS on NASA's Terra satellite taken on February 5, 2025, shows the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz (upper left). (NASA Earth Observatory / AFP)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards commander says that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and Iran is to set fire to any ship trying to pass, Iranian media reports.
The move comes after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike, and the closure threatens to choke a fifth of global oil flows and send crude prices sharply higher.
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