Trump is blockading Iranian Persian Gulf ports. What does that mean?


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Sahar Al Attar | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday rolled out a “blockade” of access to Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf to great fanfare, announcing his intentions on social media and then proclaiming it in motion at his appointed deadline. But what exactly does choking access to the region’s oil exports via the Strait of Hormuz mean and what does Trump want to accomplish? A former Biden-era Pentagon official said the U.S. is trying to turn the tables on Iran, which has blockaded the strait for weeks during the U.S.-Israeli war with the country, creating…

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