NEW: Iran granted special permission for Iraqi oil tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz after repeated requests from Baghdad.

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NEW: Iran granted special permission for Iraqi oil tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz after repeated requests from Baghdad. IRNA said at least one-third of Iraq's pre-war export volume has received Iranian licenses to cross. Iraqi President Amedi confirmed facilitation "in recent days" but said the matter "remained complicated." Iraq's southern seaborne exports have recovered to roughly 1.2 million barrels per day, up from near-zero earlier this year but still only about a third of pre-