Hours after the strikes began, the IRGC transmitted VHF warnings that 'no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz', beginning the closure. The UK Royal Navy noted the declaration was not legally binding but that safety could not be guaranteed, and several ships stayed in port or turned back.
Computed, not asserted — every number here is derived from public data: official EIA Brent closes via FRED, IMF PortWatch transit counts, Polymarket and Kalshi odds, and source-linked curated events. Method and caveats · Atom feed · llms.txt