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Iran 'Tightens Grip' Around World's Biggest Oil Chokepoint, IRGC Speed Boats Intensify Patrol

Iran 'Tightens Grip' Around World's Biggest Oil Chokepoint, IRGC Speed Boats Intensify Patrol

| Jun 01, 2026, 06:06:04 PM | TOI.in

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The Strait of Hormuz, the world's most critical oil chokepoint, is once again at the center of rising tensions in the Middle East. Iranian state television on Monday released new footage showing Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy fast-attack boats conducting patrols through the strategic waterway, with Tehran saying the operations were carried out around the clock to monitor maritime traffic and enforce its warnings. Iran has maintained its chokehold, even reportedly collecting toll payments from the vessels to be able to pass through the waterway.

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