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Sultan Al Jaber, the chief executive officer of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), has said the strait of Hormuz has never been Iran’s to close ⁠or restrict navigation ⁠through. “Any attempt to do so is not merely a regional issue, but represents a disruption to a global economic lifeline and a direct threat to the energy, food, and health security of all countries in the world,” he said in a post on X. “This behavior is illegal, dangerous, and unacceptable, and the world cannot bear