{
    "byline": "Patrick Wintour",
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    "dir": null,
    "excerpt": "Is the strait of Hormuz, recently cited by the office of the Iranian supreme leader as \u201cthe pillar of Iran\u2019s new security order\u201d, and as transformative as possessing a nuclear weapon, in reality becoming a fast-diminishing asset, leaving Iran increasingly vulnerable to the new planned US wave of economic sanctions?",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 7594,
    "publishedTime": null,
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    "title": "Iran faces strait of Hormuz paradox as strategic value of chokehold erodes"
}