Report: U.S. Sends Iran A Warning On Strait Of Hormuz

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The U.S. is using a “secret channel of communication” to warn Iran that closing the Strait of Hormuz — through which about a fifth of the world’s daily oil trade passes — would be a “red line” that would provoke an American response, the New York Times reports, citing U.S. government officials.

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