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Yemen\u2019s\u00a0Iran-aligned\u00a0Houthis\u00a0said on Monday they were imposing a\u00a0naval\u00a0blockade\u00a0on\u00a0Saudi\u00a0Arabia, a move that opens a new front\u00a0against\u00a0the United States in its\u00a0war on Iran\u00a0and widens the threat to global energy supplies and trade beyond the Gulf.<\/p>\n

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Iran had pressed the\u00a0Houthis\u00a0to close the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea if the US continued to attack Iranian power infrastructure.<\/p>\n

In their statement, the\u00a0Houthis\u2019 armed forces said they were declaring \u201ca maritime embargo\u00a0against\u00a0the criminal\u00a0Saudi\u00a0enemy, based on the equation of \u2018an eye for an eye\u2019, effective immediately\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

They said the decision was in response to what they called \u201can unjust and oppressive siege\u201d\u00a0imposed on Yemen by the\u00a0Saudis.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate response from\u00a0Saudi\u00a0Arabia.<\/p>\n

The full closure of the Bab el-Mandeb strait would reduce global oil supply by 7% as it would leave most of\u00a0Saudi\u00a0oil exports unable to leave the region. The disruption would add to the\u00a0massive cut to global oil flows\u00a0from the war in the Gulf, which has already reduced shipments by 10% of global supply.<\/p>\n

DIPLOMATIC PUSH TO RESTORE CEASEFIRE<\/h2>\n

The\u00a0Houthis\u2019 announcement followed signs from both Iran and the US that they wanted to resume diplomatic efforts to end an escalating cycle of attacks that has all but wrecked a fragile interim agreement signed last month.<\/p>\n

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A senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday that Tehran had received a proposal from mediators for a 10-day ceasefire in an effort to salvage the interim deal, intended to pave the way to a lasting agreement to the war that began on February 28 with U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.<\/p>\n

Oil prices briefly\u00a0jumped\u00a0above $90 a barrel earlier on Monday after renewed disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. They later\u00a0pared gains\u00a0after Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry said mediators had recently presented proposals to Tehran, signaling that diplomatic contacts remain active.<\/p>\n

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Neither the ministry nor the official who spoke to Reuters gave any further details on the putative ceasefire discussions.<\/p>\n

Separately, two Pakistani government sources said Iran\u2019s Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni, making his second visit to Islamabad in less than a week, had asked Pakistan to resume its mediation role in Iran\u2019s conflict with the United States.<\/p>\n

The diplomatic flurry came after Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards said they had struck U.S. military assets across the region following another night of U.S. bombardment of Iranian cities.<\/p>\n

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