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Revolutionary Guard radios ships that Hormuz passage is "not allowed"

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Local time
7:53 PM in Dubai
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Strait of Hormuz

Vessels in the Gulf received VHF messages from Iran's Revolutionary Guard saying "no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz," an official with the EU's Aspides naval mission said. Britain's UKMTO said it had multiple such reports but could not confirm them, Iran made no formal announcement, and some major oil traders had already halted shipments through the strait.

Why it matters

Roughly a fifth of the world's traded oil moves through the strait, so even an unconfirmed closure warning froze tanker traffic before markets reopened on Sunday night.

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