Anonymousabout 3 hours ago
Iran has reversed its brief reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, reimposing closure just 48 hours after declaring the waterway open, as the two-week US-Iran ceasefire approaches its April 22 expiration. The whiplash — driven by a visible power struggle between Iran's IRGC and its civilian foreign ministry — has disrupted roughly 20 million barrels per day of oil transit and pushed crude prices back toward $100, while US mine-clearing operations and Pakistani-mediated negotiations race against the clock.