{
    "author": null,
    "date_published": null,
    "dek": null,
    "direction": "ltr",
    "domain": "www.al-monitor.com",
    "excerpt": "With renewed tanker attacks, Tehran is betting to make Hormuz passage costly enough for Washington and strengthen the tool with election-related pressure President Trump is currently facing.",
    "lead_image_url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/social_media_share/public/2026-10/GettyImages-2285448144.jpg?h=a45b18ec&itok=nGI2l137",
    "next_page_url": null,
    "rendered_pages": 1,
    "title": "What's behind Iran\u2019s intensifying attacks on shipping in Hormuz?",
    "total_pages": 1,
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/whats-behind-irans-intensifying-attacks-shipping-hormuz",
    "word_count": 127
}