BaghdadHormuz traffic sits 41% below normal, 4 October data show.
Iraq has asked Syria to truck crude to the Mediterranean, bypassing Iran-restricted Hormuz.
Kpler data put pre-war Hormuz flows near 20 million barrels a day, falling to about 6 million in March.
Pipelines through Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and ship-to-ship transfers have lifted flows since, without restoring normal.
Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker, said 29 September that if Iran cannot sell oil, neighbours cannot sell theirs.
How each outlet framed it
- Bloomberg Business leans critical
- Middle East Monitor
- quantifies Strait recovery (6M → 14M+ bpd March–Sept); maps pipeline/tanker alternatives; reframes Iran's challenge from control to resisting circumvention
- Financial Times News leans critical
- contextualizes Trump's 'forever wars' messaging vs. early analyst clarity on extended conflict; attributes Iran's entrenchment to strategic incentive
Sources: Bloomberg Business, Middle East Monitor, Financial Times News