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An informed security source asserted that American claims about oil transit via the Strait of Hormuz are a ploy to manipulate global energy prices.
multiple outlets, traced to a single source · Attributed statement · first recorded Aug 29, 9:30 PM
Although several outlets carry this claim, their reporting traces back to a single shared source — so it counts as one confirmation, not several.
How each outlet reported it
Press TVIranian state media · Aug 29, 9:01 PM
American claims about Strait of Hormuz oil transit are a ploy to manipulate global energy prices
Cites: informed security source · Details: ploy to manipulate global energy prices
Press TVIranian state media · Aug 29, 9:01 PM
American claims about oil transit via the Strait of Hormuz are a ploy to manipulate global energy prices
Cites: informed security source · Details: ploy; manipulate global energy prices
Press TVIranian state media · Oct 11, 7:04 PM
US claims about oil shipments passing through the Strait of Hormuz are inconsistent with the region's actual production and export capacity
Cites: Arman Shariati · Details: Strait of Hormuz; oil shipments; production and export capacity