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CENTCOM Says 'Steel Wall' Blockade Has Redirected 100 Commercial Ships

The command says the naval interdiction is designed to cut funding for Iran’s IRGC and to reinforce a pivot to economic pressure through secondary sanctions.

Bessent Says Oil Could Fall to $40 After Iran Conflict Ends

U.S. Navy Says It Has Redirected 100 Ships in Blockade of Iranian Ports