AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoHormuz Pressure Turns Into a Price Tag: Trump says Xi agreed Iran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while China stays quiet on whether it will push Tehran; at the same time, Iran’s parliament chief says Tehran will soon unveil a new Hormuz traffic-and-fee mechanism along a designated route, warning it will stay closed to “freedom project” operators. Talks Stall, Mediation Moves: Iran’s top diplomat repeats that lack of trust blocks talks, as Pakistan’s interior minister Mohsin Naqvi lands in Tehran to help facilitate stalled US-Iran negotiations. War Costs Keep Spreading: Markets wobble on inflation fears as oil jumps and the IMF warns the world is sliding toward a worse growth-and-inflation scenario tied to the Iran war; in the US, officials also suspect Iranian hackers breached gas-station tank readers, raising safety concerns. Military Posture, Not Relief: The USS Gerald R. Ford returns after an 11-month deployment supporting the Iran war, while the US says it has redirected 78 ships to enforce its blockade.
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