Iran grants permission for a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through Hormuz - Reuters
Iran grants permission for a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through Hormuz - Reuters
Source: Reuters
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DW NOTE
Iran is rationing passage through a strait it does not control and cannot fully blockade. Iraqi oil moves because Tehran needs the revenue from transit fees more than it needs the theater of denial. The Hormuz closure is real — one ship on August 16 versus a normal 73 per day — but selective permission reveals it as lever, not lock.