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A 45-square-kilometer oil slick detected near Iran's Kharg Island has raised alarm that Tehran, squeezed by a US naval blockade that has cost it nearly $5 billion in lost revenue since mid-April, may be dumping excess crude into the Persian Gulf. The incident exposes the collision between Washington's maximum-pressure strategy and its unintended environmental, humanitarian, and legal consequences across the Gulf region.