Iran’s Rezaei threatens a Gulf exclusion zone.

Iran would sanction any ship entering, threatening Gulf states’ entire oil export routes.

War-risk insurers price such declarations, so threats alone can reroute tankers and raise shipping costs.

Rezaei says Tehran will soon announce the zone and a new shipping corridor.

How each outlet framed it

drawn from 150+ reports worldwide

Middle East Eye
frames Iranian response as defensive counter to US economic warfare, emphasizes maritime-legal operational posture recalibration
Dawn leans critical

Sources: Middle East Eye, Dawn