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Iran threatens to block more vital seaways as Trump orders renewed Iran blockade

Al Monitor 2026/07/15 11:49

By Enas Alashray, Tala Ramadan, Kanishka Singh and Samia Nakhoul

CAIRO/WASHINGTON/BEIRUT, July 15 (Reuters) - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to close "all other export corridors that benefit the U.S. and its allies", Iranian media reported, after Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. reimposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports.

"Regional energy exports are either shared by all, or denied to all," the IRGC said in a statement carried by Iran's IRNA state news agency on Wednesday.

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