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Iran closes key Strait of Hormuz shipping route after ayatollah threatens US warships (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

State media announced it would be partially shut for several hours

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

Well no shit, otherwise it would be strangulating the global economy. This is a shot across the bow and an escalation from China's public SIGINT collab & Russian + Chinese semi-concealed weapons shipments