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Oil Flows Are Up, but Iran Is Still Menacing the Strait of Hormuz

New York Times2 October 2026, 04:01 UTCIran

Iran has been launching drones and missiles at commercial ships in the waterway each week, though it has often failed to strike its targets, according to a Western security official.

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