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Iran** launched new attacks in the **Gulf** on Monday as they wrestled for control over the **strait of Hormuz** amid dual maritime blockades, taking the region back to the brink of full-scale
Iran attacked at least three commercial ships and seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz
Hormuz - a narrow shipping lane that has become a flashpoint since Israel and the US attacked Iran in February - have virtually ground to a halt. Iran has used the closure of the strait
Iran’s ability to target shipping in the strait of Hormuz and “signal at the highest political level that the security situation around the strait is improving, thereby reassuring shipping companies”. Taken together, the attacks
Strait of Hormuz, signalling a direct challenge to Iran’s closure of the strategic waterway, through which 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supplies are shipped in peacetime. Iran
Iran is now insisting on maintaining control over the Strait of Hormuz and collecting transit fees as reparations for the destruction caused by the US and Israel. ## Attacks on UAE, ships
attacked as they moved through the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit through which one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies are shipped during peacetime, but which Iran
Iran of violating the ceasefire by attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday
attacked because they were “operating without authorisation”, according to state media reports. Then, on April 22, Iran captured two container ships seeking to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz
Strait of Hormuz, but shipping has been essentially blocked by Iran since it was [attacked
Iran and another — a cargo ship near Oman — sank after being attacked, authorities said Thursday, as tensions escalated near the Strait of Hormuz
Iran tightened its control over shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, restricting some foreign ships while allowing passage to countries it viewed as friendly. The International Maritime Organization has said no country has the right
strait of Hormuz, US forces on Thursday shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones after Tehran attempted to strike commercial ships passing through the waterway, according to US officials. Iran
Iran threatened to attack ships trying to use the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for US and Israeli
attacked Iran on February 28. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/getty_6a0c019d56-1779171741.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) A ship anchored near Larak Island, in the Strait of Hormuz
shipping, which is already reeling from the near-total closure of the [strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/strait-of-hormuz) by Iran and attacks
Iran have also been continuing to attack, capture, and intercept each other’s ships, pointing to an ongoing naval war still playing out in the Strait of Hormuz
shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Traffic through the strait has been effectively closed since the U.S. and Israel launched their attack on Iran
attack on Iran on 28 February. Iran imposed a blockade on foreign shipping using the strait of Hormuz
Iran said two cargo ships were taken in the Strait of Hormuz for "inspection". The announcement follows reports of attacks