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CENTCOM Chief Hails Blockade Crew as Iran Installs Permit System on Reopened Strait

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CENTCOM Chief Hails Blockade Crew as Iran Installs Permit System on Reopened Strait

⚓ CENTCOM — Cooper declares victory; Iran is already charging for the strait he opened. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Cooper's "mission accomplished" formally closes the military chapter. But the strait CENTCOM reopened now has Iran's permit system layered on top — Tehran is taxing access CENTCOM enforced. The admiral's pride lands as Iran's 48-hour transit notice takes effect, a mechanism the MOU never authorized and Washington hasn't formally rejected.

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