How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn’t match US claims
- The United States and Iran continue to make competing claims about who has greater control of the critical Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf.
- Washington claims the strait is open and that dozens of ships, carrying millions of barrels of oil, are passing through each day.
- US President Donald Trump claimed last month that the US was in “total control” of the waterway, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas is shipped during peacetime, but which has been closed since the US-Israel war on Iran began six months ago.
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- The United States and Iran continue to make competing claims about who has greater control of the critical Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf.
- Washington claims the strait is open and that dozens of ships, carrying millions of barrels of oil, are passing through each day.
- US President Donald Trump claimed last month that the US was in “total control” of the waterway, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas is shipped during peacetime, but which has been closed since the US-Israel war on Iran began six months ago.
Sources: Al Jazeera