US Reimposes Naval Blockade on Iran Amid Escalating Strikes, Iran Threatens to Close More Energy Corridors

The United States has reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and conducted a fourth round of overnight airstrikes, continuing into the morning, targeting an Iranian army barracks and causing casualties. Iran retaliated with strikes in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has threatened to close "all other export corridors that benefit the U.S. and its allies," potentially including the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea via Houthi allies, further jeopardizing global energy supplies and shipping. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has already slowed, and Brent crude oil prices have risen.