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blockade because a sitting tanker bleeds money,” said Nader Habibi, an Iranian American economist. There are other factors to consider, however, he told Al Jazeera. “It makes sense from an economic point of view
blockading the country’s foreign oil supply. Cuba’s aging infrastructure is heavily reliant on oil imports, and the island has suffered country-wide blackouts in the months since, deepening an already severe economic crisis
enforced on Iran. The announcements came in a flurry of social media messages. First, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi [said the passage](https://x.com/araghchi/status/2045121573124759713) for commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz was "completely
blockades are difficult](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5783870/strait-of-hormuz-naval-blockade) to enforce and the results can often be unpredictable. **High-profile Trump supporters, including Vice President Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson, are defending the president** in his dispute
blockades of the shipping waterway. 3. ***West Bank*** | Two Palestinians, including a [14-year-old schoolboy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/palestinian-boy-14-among-two-killed-in-settler-attack-west-bank-school), were killed in the occupied West Bank after Israeli settlers opened fire near a school, witnesses