Ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz was mostly stopped amid the war in Iran on Thursday, which contributed to rising oil prices. The waterway typically carries around 20% of the world’s supply of oil. On Wednesday, President Trump ordered the release of 172 million barrels of oil from emergency reserves. In a statement attributed to Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, he said Iran should keep putting pressure on the critical chokepoint.
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