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ships already being turned back amid the standoff. - **Nuclear issue shows potential breakthrough:** Analyst Abas Aslani says Tehran is open to nuclear transparency if Washington is serious about a deal, but new US sanctions
action in Iran so far, some have said they may vote differently if the war threatens to go on beyond 60 days. ## Have hostilities really ceased for now? While the US administration and its Iranian
Iranian flagged ship was under the existing U.S. Treasury Department sanctions. Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned it will take action against the U.S. military for the seizure of that ship, without elaborating. Oil prices surged
shipping, and that it should have “no nuclear weapons”. He did not mention Lebanon. US allies have insisted the ceasefire should be comprehensive. A joint statement by the UK, EU countries, Canada and Japan called
actions of its regional proxies. In the best-case scenario for the US, the terms agreed would be somewhat better than those [on the table in Geneva](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach) on 26 February, two days
Shipping security and energy transit have been jeopardised by the US and its allies with the ceasefire violations and blockade. However, their evil acts will fail". Late on Tuesday the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO
ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, dragging the region back to the brink of full-scale war. While the US military claimed to have destroyed six Iranian small boats and intercepted both Iranian
ships linked to Iran have been captured by the US as part of the siege. The US military said on Monday that it has also redirected 39 vessels in the regional waters over the past
shipping through the strait, lift US sanctions on Iran, and set curbs on Iran’s nuclear programme, the sources told the agency. It was unclear how the memorandum differs from a [14-point plan](/news/2026/5/3/whats-irans-14-point-proposal-to-end-the-war-and-will-trump-accept-it
actions to block any strait used for international navigation," Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez told the BBC. Donald Rothwell, professor of international law at the Australian National University, said international law would see the US, Israel
Action (JCPOA), an Obama-era deal signed in 2015 that limited but did not eliminate Iran’s right to enrich uranium. Trump [pulled the US out](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/08/iran-deal-trump-withdraw-us-latest-news-nuclear-agreement) of the deal in 2018. Former
action that would put any additional sanctions on Iran because of its closure of the strait,” Yu said. “Reportedly, the Iranian foreign minister is looking for clarity from Beijing as to what it will
US request to restart negotiations. Araghchi said he welcomed engagement with Russia at the “highest level” at a time of regional instability. “Recent events have evidenced the depth and strength of our strategic partnership,” Araghchi
action with military coordination”. On Monday morning, a US-led military organisation, the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC), said the [US had established an “enhanced security area”](https://www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmto/products/jmic-advisory-note-004-26.pdf?rev=87d3e8f73944406f91794e728cc72bdd) south of the established prewar
Action (JCPOA) under then-US President Barack Obama. In that agreement, Iran pledged to limit its uranium enrichment to 3.67 percent and to comply with inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in return
actions as “bullying”, saying they raised “serious concerns” about using economic leverage to undermine Panama’s “sovereignty”. Beijing has denied the charges, calling them “groundless”. ## What other maritime crises are happening now? What makes
action taken by state authorities or as a consequence of cyberattacks,” he said. Iran’s crypto ecosystem was valued at more than $7.78bn last year, growing at a faster pace compared with 2024, according
shipping passing through the strait of Hormuz. These are the yardsticks, or tests, around which his negotiating team will be keeping an anxious eye. Of course, comparisons between the 159-page 2015 joint comprehensive plan
action as in support of Trump’s illegal blockade of Iranian oil ports. The removal of the largely unmapped mines would be perilous in a benign, peaceful environment, but even more fraught if the operation
Iranian nuclear weapons programme, or prompting diplomatic negotiations, which were already taking place before the conflict. The US has recently focused its rhetoric on reopening the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, so that