{"id":11471,"date":"2026-06-18T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11471"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:28:00","slug":"ioc-the-genie-is-out-of-the-bottle-now-everyone-knows-that-the-strait-of-hormuz-could-be-closed-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11471","title":{"rendered":"IOC: The genie is out of the bottle\u2014Now everyone knows that the Strait of Hormuz could be closed again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The head of the International Energy Agency <b>Fatih Birol<\/b> welcomed the signing of the provisional agreement to end the war in Iran and called for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz under certain conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Fatih Birol stated at an event in Istanbul that <b>many countries are reevaluating their energy policies<\/b> and that it is clear that <b>the sea lane could be blocked again<\/b>, given that Iran blocked the Strait during the armed conflict. <b>\u201cThe genie is out of the bottle. Now, everyone knows that the Strait of Hormuz was closed once and could be closed again,\u201d<\/b> he emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>The International Energy Agency will discuss new strategies with many countries since <b>the crisis has reshaped the energy landscape<\/b>, he noted, adding that<b> \u201cconfidence\u201d is a critical factor in global energy,<\/b> where prices have fallen since the announcement that an agreement had been reached.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement stipulates that Tehran will open the Strait of Hormuz and that the U.S. will lift the blockade on Iranian ports.<\/p>\n<p>The Strait must be opened \u201cunconditionally\u201d so that all sides \u201ccan be confident that it is safe,\u201d said Fatih Birol, adding: \u201cNow we will look at the details of the agreement and the negotiation process, and what will happen next.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, welcomed the signing of the provisional agreement to end the war in Iran &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}