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Chris Murphy: “The Strait of Hormuz is closed. Iran did not control the…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Trump Has No Path in Iran

Published | Video Starts at 02:46

The war with Iran has set off another war in which 4300 people have been killed and 1.2 million people have been displaced from their homes. And this week a new conflict is breaking out between the Houthis in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The Strait of Hormuz is closed. Iran did not control the strait before the war, but they now effectively control it. The Bab El Mandan Strait, connecting the Red Sea to global waterways now appears also closed. And the Houthis again, another Iranian ally, have started to attack ships there. (02:46–02:55)

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Asserts that Iran now effectively controls the Strait of Hormuz, which is closed.

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