# Iran’s Hormuz leverage wanes as US economic squeeze bites

https://mins.news/en/item/47314

- Reuters, 2026-09-06 13:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/irans-hormuz-leverage-wanes-us-economic-squeeze-bites-2026-09-06/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a9d63e5ffd9d30001d8cdca

> Six months after a conflict that shook markets and brought the Gulf close to a wider war, Iran may be losing ground as Washington launches an unprecedented economic offensive aimed at achieving what military force could not.

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