🛢️ OPEC+ — Pumping more oil into a strait that's already closed. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: More barrels from Riyadh and Abu Dhabi don't exit via Hormuz — they flow through Red Sea pipelines and Atlantic routes. The move signals Gulf producers are absorbing the price floor, not waiting for Doha. But it also caps the Brent ceiling, stripping Tehran of maximum oil-price leverage at the worst moment in negotiations.
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Iran and Oman announce a temporary Hormuz corridor. But Tehran clarifies: the strait is not open. Classic move by a side that wants to negotiate without conceding. Washington fires back with record sanctions. Day 180. Nothing is resolved.
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Iran e Oman annunciano un corridoio temporaneo a Hormuz. Ma Teheran chiarisce: lo stretto non riapre. È la mossa classica di chi vuole negoziare senza cedere. Washington risponde con sanzioni record e mina mine. Giorno 180. Niente è risolto.
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💥 SOUTH LEBANON — Israel strikes while Hormuz dominates the room. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: The Lebanon front never closed — it just lost the headlines. With Washington focused on Hormuz and Bessent's sanctions, Israeli strikes in the south face minimal diplomatic friction. Hezbollah's attrition posture remains unchanged. Watch whether this
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🎯 TEHRAN — The threat lands the day Rubio tells allies there'll be no new strikes. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Timing is the variable. An Iranian threat against Trump's son — surfacing as Rubio privately reassures Gulf allies — maximally complicates Washington's de-escalation posture. Trump's personal exposure