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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on May 4 said the United States is fully in control of the Strait of Hormuz through its blockade of Iranian shipping and that the new US Navy operation to guide shipping through the strategic waterway will bring oil prices down.

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00:18They are trying to cut off international freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz,
00:25and the U.S. is opening that up. So we are saying the Iranians do not have control of the
00:32Strait.
00:32We have absolute control of the Strait. We have blockaded the ships going into or out of Iranian
00:39ports. Their economy is in freefall. And the U.S., we are just firing if fired upon. We are not
00:45the
00:45provocateurs here. But if the Iranians want to escalate here, we are willing to escalate.
00:50This is clearly a test of Iran as well as we speak. Now would be a good time for our
00:56international
00:56partners to step up and put pressure on Iran.
01:06The war was not the only time to stop the Strait of Hormuz.
01:12The war was a test of Iran and the war was a test of Iran.
01:15The war was a test of Iran and the war was a test of Iran.
01:29The war was the one that was the first time to get the war on the ground.
01:30We have a political activity for a long-term and commitment for the United States.
01:37If America wants to do something like this or even if it doesn't want to do a country or even
01:42if it doesn't want to do something like that,
01:43they want to do something like that and if they want to do something like that,
01:48they'll want to do something like that.
01:48I think that we can do something like that.
02:00I am not aware of it, especially with our employees.
02:07We need to take care of ourselves.
02:11We need to take care of ourselves.
02:15We need to take care of ourselves.
02:17We need to take care of ourselves.
02:28We need to take care of ourselves in a city.
02:33Let's accept that this country is hope.
02:38It is a case.
02:40It is their own case.
02:54We need to take care of ourselves.
03:05You
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