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Iran says it could close Strait of Hormuz, but doesn't want to

Iran could close the Strait of Hormuz, halting worldwide oil trade, but it does not want to do so, said the country's foreign minister in an interview with Bloomberg Wednesday.
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, says he does not want to close the Strait of Hormuz but that Iran is capable of doing so. | Photo: EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/REUTERS / X90209
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, says he does not want to close the Strait of Hormuz but that Iran is capable of doing so. | Photo: EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/REUTERS / X90209
BY TINA DAVIS, BLOOMBERG

Iran is capable of shutting the Strait of Hormuz – a crucial choke-point for oil flows – but doesn't want to do it, the country's foreign minister said.

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