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The Strait of Hormuz is the story the world is trying not to look at
Overnight US strikes on Iran and a contested closure of the Strait of Hormuz have turned the world's most important oil chokepoint into a live crisis — with the White House insisting the US, not Tehran, controls the waterway.

- https://x.com/reuters/status/* — Reuters on X, "US launched new strikes against multiple targets overnight in Iran" — 11 June 2026, 02:25 UTC.
- https://t.me/TSN_ua/* — TSN Ukraine via Telegram, "Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz: the United States denies" — 11 June 2026, 02:14 UTC.
- https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/* — Unusual Whales on X, "The UNITED STATES of AMERICA CONTROLS the Strait of Hormuz, NOT Iran" — 10 June 2026, 20:43 UTC.
- https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/* — Unusual Whales on X, "Trump says executed a 'secret mission' in the Strait of Hormuz, resulting 100 million barrels of crude to cross through" — 10 June 2026, 18:19 UTC.
- https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/* — Unusual Whales on X, Trump remarks on continuing to bomb Iran "very hard" after a US helicopter was shot down over the Strait — 10 June 2026, 16:11 UTC.
Wire provenance
This editorial synthesis draws on the following public wire/social posts:
- https://t.me/TSN_ua
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