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Why you can't just 'fully' reopen the Strait of Hormuz | About That
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April 18, 2026
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9:15Now PlayingAfter more than six weeks of the de facto closure of the world's most critical energy chokepoint, Iran said the Strait of Hormuz was "completely open" to ship traffic. But as Andrew Chang explains, a few key factors complicate how open the shipping route actually is, and how long the status quo might hold.
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The billion-dollar backlog: 06:13
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