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Kuwaiti crown prince: Iran using Strait of Hormuz as bargaining chip

Original: Iran using Hormuz ‘as a bargaining chip,’ Kuwaiti crown prince tells UN

Kuwait's crown prince told the UN General Assembly that Iran is using the Strait of Hormuz as a bargaining chip, criticising Tehran's conduct around the critical oil shipping route. The remark adds to growing regional and international concern over threats to freedom of navigation in the strait, through which a large share of the world's oil passes.

Why now: Rising tensions over Iran's threats to disrupt shipping in the Strait of Hormuz have made statements at the UN highly newsworthy.

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