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  "id": 328205,
  "title": "Agreement hits snag: Iran seeks to block passage of US and Israeli ships",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/agreement-hits-snag-iran-seeks-to-block-passage-of-us-and-israeli",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-07T10:44:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Corner",
    "slug": "the-corner",
    "url": "https://thecorner.eu/financial-markets/agreement-hits-snag-iran-seeks-to-block-passage-of-us-and-israeli-ships/127258/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Corner Report by Renta 4 Markets are expected to open with virtually no changes (Euro Stoxx 50 and S&P 500 futures flat), on a day of wait-and-see sentiment ahead of the official US employment report for July, and with oil prices rising again amid the deadlock in negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz. Yesterday, Wall Street closed lower, albeit only slightly (S&P 500 down 0.18%, Nasdaq down…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Moneyweb",
        "title": "Oil holds declines as Iran and Oman reach agreement over Hormuz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/oil-holds-declines-as-iran-and-oman-reach-agreement-over-hormuz",
        "published": "2026-08-06T06:02:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Iran says Hormuz shut until US ‘corrects’ its conduct",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/iran-says-hormuz-shut-until-us-corrects-its-conduct",
        "published": "2026-08-09T03:59:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}