CENTCOM Rejects IRGC Claim of Hormuz Control, Cites 900 Ships Escorted
⚓ HORMUZ — Both sides are now publishing competing ledgers for the same strait. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: CENTCOM's 900-ship figure is a coercive counter-signal, not a reassurance. IRGC declaring route authority forces every commercial operator to choose whose doctrine governs their passage. Washington winning this narrative matters: if insurers and charterers accept IRGC's framing, traffic freezes without a single additional shot fired.
