U.S. VICE PRESIDENT: LAST NIGHT 12.5 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL PASSED THROUGH STRAIT OF HORMUZ ON TANKERS
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Mojtaba Khamenei has never held official state office.
Despite holding no formal title, Mojtaba — son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei — is a mid-ranking cleric widely reported to control key levers of Iran's security and intelligence apparatus, making him a central figure in succession debates.
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The 2015 Iran nuclear deal offered ~$100B in relief for compliance
The JCPOA unlocked ~$100B in frozen Iranian assets in exchange for nuclear curbs. The U.S. withdrew in 2018. The VP's 'resources for compliance' ultimatum revives the same conditional framework — with higher stakes.
~20% of the world's oil supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz
The Strait is only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point. Iran borders it to the north and has threatened to close it multiple times since the 1980s. The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet is based in Bahrain specifically to keep it open.
Putin was a KGB intelligence officer for 16 years before politics
Putin served in the Soviet KGB from 1975 to 1991, including a posting in Dresden, East Germany. After the USSR collapsed, he entered St. Petersburg politics, eventually rising to FSB director before becoming Russia's President in 2000.
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