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Hormuz closure divides Mideast fortunes
April 7, 2026
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LONDON (Reuters) -- The Strait of Hormuz's closure and the resulting surge in global oil prices have handed financial windfalls to Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia, while other states that lack alternative shipment routes have lost billions of dollars, a Reuters analysis found. Iran effectively shut the Strait -- a route for about a fifth of global oil and Liquefied Natural Gas flows -- after US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran at the end of February led to a widening conflict.
It later said it would
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