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Renewed Iran war after midterms could threaten fragile U.S. gains in Hormuz

The United States is pointing to gains in the Strait of Hormuz, intent on demonstrating that weeks of complex and secretive military operations there have returned oil flows to near prewar levels and chipped away at a key piece of Iranian leverage ahead of a threatened return to all-out war after the U.S. midterm elections next week. An increase in vessel traffic and the small percentage of ships disabled by Iranian strikes are signals "clearly demonstrating that the United States and regional p