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status quo is intolerable for America, while we are just getting started." Ghalibaf, Iran's top negotiator in [last month's talks with the US](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y7k4y0veyo), said "Shipping security and energy transit have
blockade didn’t just hurt Iranian exports – the Trump administration effectively controls Iran’s ability to import goods it desperately needs. Analysts say, in some ways, that economic chokehold could exert even more pressure
ports, earlier this month was short-lived, ending in less than 48 hours without significantly increasing traffic in the strait. “Washington understands that it may need Beijing’s help to nudge Iran back
blockade of Iranian oil ports and for Iran to allow commercial shipping through the strait of Hormuz, restoring maritime traffic to levels before Israel and the US launched the war on 28 February. ![Several small
US-Israeli strikes, on April 20, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. **Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Europe** Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Europe Officials in Islamabad say the city remains ready to host the talks, though Pakistan's government
blockade of Iranian ports would continue “as long as it takes,” he said, adding that Washington remained “locked and loaded” on Iran’s energy infrastructure. ## Lebanon factor and regional linkages A development on the Lebanon
status in their doctrine for the strategic strait, perhaps rivalling the contentious nuclear programme for which the country has been sanctioned and isolated for decades. The theocratic and military establishment in Iran has “neglected
ports has, however, escalated tensions, resulting in sporadic skirmishes near the waterway, which Tehran blocked following the beginning of the US-Israel war on Iran on February 28. Here is what we know
ports and shipping will remain in place for the moment, Trump said, and few vessels are likely to risk passage through the strait in such uncertain circumstances, meaning any return to normality is still distant
status quo – has been on offer from Iran for more than a month. So has the specific architecture: an immediate unwinding of the consequences of the US-Israeli war through the reopening of the strait
status of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s nuclear programme and conflicts involving Tehran-backed groups in Lebanon. So, what has Trump said, what is the pushback from Iran, and what are the key sticking
US of ceasefire violation Iran has said the new U.S. effort is a violation of the fragile ceasefire that has held for more than three weeks. In a post on X Tuesday, Iran's powerful
status quo we were at before the war. “Everything else is kicked down the road, everything else is a negotiation to come,” Shapiro said, including Iran’s uranium enrichment and checks on its nuclear program
blockade of its own. Its Navy has been blocking Iranian ports to pressure Tehran to reopen the vital waterway, adding another obstacle to the talks. According to Rob Geist Pinfold, a lecturer in international security