Move reflects regional alarm over attacks by pro-Iranian groups based in Iraq, which continue despite ceasefire.
The Iranian military said Iraq is exempt from shipping restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz that have strangled global energy flows for weeks. “Brotherly Iraq is exempt from any restrictions we have imposed on the Strait of Hormuz,” Iran’s military spokesman said in an Arabic-language video statement published by state-run Islamic Republic News Agency. The declaration has the potential to unleash as much as 3 million barrels a day of Iraqi oil cargoes. It also comes just days after a French...
Tehran says Iraq will face no restrictions in waterway, praising country's 'struggle' against the US.