Hormuz, September 23: oil flowing or a strait under pressure?

Bessent tells Fox that 10–17 million barrels a day are passing through Hormuz, with additional oil using other routes. IRINN describes no oil passing, cites three cargo transits on September 22, and emphasizes rising costs for Americans. The reports use different measures and reference periods; their claims are presented together without treating vessel counts and oil volumes as equivalent.

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IRINN's September 23 opening commentary cites a Fox News poll saying 61 percent of voters regard gasoline prices as a major problem, in the context of the House and Senate midterms. Its economic feature repeats the opening commentary's polling passage before separate price reporting and analysis. IRINN's September 29 recap cites the same 61-percent gasoline figure and adds 62 percent for food prices. The available accounts do not identify the poll's publication date, fieldwork period, sample or margin of error. The percentages remain IRINN's attributed polling claims; the repeated passage provides no independent confirmation. Measured price changes and Steve Hanke's analysis are reported separately. IRINN's September 30 analytical introduction again cites Fox polling, saying over sixty percent of Americans regard food and gasoline prices as major problems. It uses the figure to criticize Trump's assurances and discuss war-related household costs. This is a less numerically precise retelling of the existing attributed poll account, not a new independently confirmed survey or evidence establishing publication date, fieldwork or methodology.