🇮🇷❌🛥🛢 — Iran plans to impose duties on tankers and ships in Persian Gulf, source tells CNN

➡️ Iran is finalizing plans to impose “security duties” in the Persian Gulf on oil tankers and commercial ships that belong to countries allied with the US, an Iranian source with knowledge of the leadership’s strategy told CNN.

📝 The source insisted that the Strait of Hormuz is “closed” even if US President Donald Trump says it is open.

“We hold the screw of the global oil price in our hands and for a long time the US will have to wait for our actions to control the price. Energy prices have become unstable and we will continue to fight until Trump declares defeat,” the source said.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: President Trump's advisers have urged him privately to look for an exit plan from the Iran war amid spiking oil prices and concerns that a prolonged conflict could spark political backlash, according to WSJ.

➡️ Officials close to the president are urging him to start outlining an exit strategy from the conflict while portraying the military campaign as having largely achieved its goals.

➡️ Discussions in Washington are increasingly focused on declaring success and shifting toward a controlled withdrawal before the economic and political costs rise further.