
To break the stalemate caused by the U.S. blockade of its country the military of Iran announced that it will restrict commercial traffic across the Red Sea, the Gulf and the Sea of Oman.
Saudi Arabia had circumvented the imposition of traffic control through the Strait of Hormuz by Iran by re-routing oil through its east-west pipeline to Yanbu in the Red Sea. Some 4 to 5 million barrels per day are exported from there. The closure of the Red Sea at its southern opening will block most of that traffic.
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