EconomyMiddle East oil exports surpass pre-war levels despite tensions, data shows

Provisional Kpler data indicates that Middle Eastern crude exports exceeded pre-war levels on four days in the final week of September, reaching 19.5–22.5 million barrels per day. IRGC commander Ali Fadavi called flows through a US-supervised Hormuz route negligible. Iran’s parliament speaker said the strait would stay closed until Washington accepts Tehran’s seven-day reopening plan.

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