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Both Sides Want Reparations — and Hormuz Stays Shut

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Adrian Monck
Aug 14, 2026
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Both Washington and Tehran now demand reparations before Hormuz reopens – transforming a wartime closure into a mutual claims tribunal with no judge. Abu Dhabi is buying tankers and routing LNG around the strait. The bet spreading across the Gulf…

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