blockade
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The US will in return lift its naval blockade on Iran's ports, but only in proportion to how much commercial shipping is restored, it said.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Energy analytics company Vortexa recently estimated there were some 90 million barrels of Iranian oil outside of the blockade, most or all of which left Iranian waters before the closure began.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
But the government is also eager to secure financial relief after the U.S. blockade deepened the economic crisis, according to Iranian and Arab officials.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The United States has imposed its own naval blockade on Iranian ports.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
The United States, meanwhile, had become a major supplier of arms to the Allies—by this time, because of the blockade of German ports, the only available buyers.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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