🔺🔻Associated Press: The ability to block the Strait of Hormuz is an extraordinary leverage for Iran....

🔺🔻Associated Press: The ability to block the Strait of Hormuz is an extraordinary leverage for Iran. 🔹Iran's ability to effectively block the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in economic turmoil beyond the Middle East, gives the country extraordinary bargaining power and leverage in any negotiation. 🔹Iran's Yemeni allies also strengthened this leverage on Thursday by targeting two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, as this action increased the risks of shipping in another vital oil route in the Middle East.