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effectively blocked the waterway since the US and Israel attacked the country in late February, driving up global energy and fuel prices. On Friday, Iran's foreign minister said the route was now "completely open
ship. It also said the US carried out air attacks on civilian areas on [Qeshm Island](/features/2026/3/17/inside-qeshm-irans-underground-missile-fortress-and-geological-marvel), a strategic point at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz believed to house much of Iran
effectively closing the strait, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies are shipped during peacetime, causing oil prices to soar. Later, [Iran began charging tolls](/news/2026/3/26/tehranstollbooth-how-iran-picks-who-to-let-through-strait-of-hormuz
Strait of Hormuz opens for commercial ships but the U.S. blockade continues on Iran](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/g-s1-117788/middle-east-conflict-israel-lebanon-us-updates) Referring to Vice President Vance's [whirlwind negotiations in Islamabad](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/11/nx-s1-5781760/pakistan-peace-talks-us-iran) last week that appear
closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait has remained largely blocked since the US and Israel launched air strikes on Iran - and Tehran responded by blocking the crucial waterway through which
closure of the strait again as a military weapon – a striking declaration, given that Iranian officials have long alluded to the sea passage as a lever of their survival strategy. It seemed a shaky justification
shipping. A White House official said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump had asked US oil companies about ways to mitigate the impact of a potentially months-long siege of Iranian ports. The president
Hormuz was an exclusively Omani-Iranian waterway. Photograph: Rajat Gupta/EPA Western diplomats say Iranian proposals for the future permanent management of the strait are unlawful since they impose tolls on commercial shipping and would give
effect to follow were not. Iran has survived the initial strikes and remains defiant, [closing the strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/iranian-forces-ships-seized-strait-of-hormuz-us-peace-talks) in a move that has blocked off a fifth of the global
Hormuz lay behind Donald Trump’s decision to shelve the plan days after it had been launched. Riyadh told the White House it would not allow its Prince Sultan airbase to be used to mount
closure of the Strait of Hormuz may create the impression that the world cannot function without fossil fuels. Nothing could be further from the truth. Every single industry can and must decarbonise. For global shipping
closure of the Strait of Hormuz, stressing that Tehran will not submit to “bullying” by Washington. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Wednesday that there can be no full ceasefire between the two countries
effect of removing almost two millions barrels of oil a day from the world market, further tightening global supply.** Data shows that Iran exported an average of 1.84m barrels per day in March, despite
effectively blocked for most ships since early March. Against the backdrop of that standoff, tensions have soared in recent days in the strait, where the US first captured an Iranian-flagged ship, only for Iran
closure of the strait is blocking that raw material too. The finished product and the raw material are *both* feeling supply shocks. "It's really a double whammy," Shaw says. To put the scale
Hormuz. Twenty percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments transit the waterway during peacetime. The blockage of the strait has triggered a major shortage of oil around the world
Strait of Hormuz having been blocked for the past eight weeks, however, those supplies have not been available, prompting a scramble for fuel produced elsewhere. This has pushed up prices dramatically. In late February, before