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14.03.26 - 03:00
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Iranian State TV Drops Rare Footage From The Heart Of Hormuz Strait (ZeroHedge)
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Iranian State TV Drops Rare Footage From The Heart Of Hormuz Strait
In his first public statements of the war, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei stressed Thursday that "the Strait of Hormuz must remain closed." Or rather, it is clearly closed to all but those countries Tehran gives approval to.
Simultaneously Iranian state TV circulated rare "on the ground" direct reporting from the Strait of Hormuz. In fact, they had a correspondent literally in a fast-boat narrating what he saw in terms of surrounding stranded tankers.
Clearly it's also meant to intimidate the United States and the West - a form of psychological warfare - at a moment when extreme uncertainty lingers over global oil markets.
The footage is possibly the first such local 'from the scene of the crisis' reporting - given the whole area has been on de facto lockdown under continued threat of Iranian missile and drone attacks, also given new reports the strait is being mined by the IRGC Navy.
The country's amba...
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14.03.26 - 03:00
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Vance Sidesteps Questions On Reported Differences With Trump Over Iran War (ZeroHedge)
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Vance Sidesteps Questions On Reported Differences With Trump Over Iran War
The national media has begun to take note this week that the Iran War is expected to dominate the midterm conversation. This is especially after Republican Sen. Rand Paul's recent warnings. As we reported, he said days ago midterm elections could be "disastrous" if the Iran war persists into a quagmire.
"Already, we are behind the eight ball as far as the electoral process," Paul had told Fox Business. "I think if you add in high gas prices, high oil prices, and if we are still bombing Iran with kinetic action — people don't want to call it war — if there's still kinetic action that causes oil to be over $100, I think you're going to see a disastrous election," the libertarian senator added.
If the war continues into the summer and even the fall, this would further raise real concern for US Vice President JD Vance as he eyes the 2028 presidential election. The longer it goes...
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