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Trump says Iran will be ‘hit very hard’ if Hormuz Strait not open soon as oil prices fall

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments to resume.

Trump says Iran will be ‘hit very hard’ if Hormuz Strait not open soon as oil prices fall
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PRESSIVIO NEWS BRIEF · WORLD

Pressivio’s World desk has added the source report “Trump says Iran will be 'hit very hard' if Hormuz Strait not open soon as oil prices fall” to its international monitoring stream.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments to resume.

Original source: BBC World
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