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blockade of all ships coming from or going to Iranian ports. It is unclear whether the US would allow vessels that have paid Iran for insurance to transit — even if Tehran allows them. ## What about
Iran passed its two-month mark. Fighting has been largely paused since April 8, with the US imposing a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has repeatedly promised to resume attacks
Iran first restricted passage to most ships from early March after the US and Israel launched their war on the country. Then, on April 13, the US imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ships
blockade of Iranian ports, Tehran is signalling that any attack near its territory could trigger a response against US military assets elsewhere in the Gulf. In effect, Iran is seeking to establish a new deterrence
US imposes a blockade on shipments from Iranian ports. - UK prime minister **Keir Starmer** and French president **Emmanuel Macron** will **co-host a summit in Paris on Friday focused on efforts to reopen the strait
US blockade since it began, with 19 exiting the Persian Gulf and 15 entering from the Arabian Sea. Six outbound tankers carried approximately 10.7m barrels of Iranian crude oil, generating an estimated $910m
cost of gas in the US has continued to climb. Iran denies seeking a nuclear weapon. Although the US is one of the largest oil producers and is not heavily reliant on energy products from
US blockade continues, then the Caspian Sea and the land link with Russia will become one of the few remaining routes for connecting Iran with world markets,” Smagin wrote in a commentary on the Telegram
Iran or the US blockade the strait of Hormuz. Last week the head of the International Energy Agency said flight cancellations would come soon if oil supplies from the Middle East were not restored, adding
costs of dollar dependence impossible to ignore. Countries that have long endured the inconvenience of dollar-denominated trade are now facing its geopolitical risk in real time – watching the US weaponise the dollar access against
US withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and other nations in 2018 and reimposed sweeping sanctions on Tehran. Russia’s full-scale [invasion](/tag/ukraine-russia-crisis/) of Ukraine in 2022 served to accelerate that trend
blockade. A previous resolution was vetoed jointly by Russia and China on 7 April. The new draft is due to be discussed by the security council as early as Thursday. Iran says it has reached
US vice-president went on to say that it was the job of the Trump administration to focus on what was in America's best interests, "and where that diverges, we - unfortunately for the Israelis
blockade, according to IRNA news agency. The terms as described in the Iranian reports appeared little changed from Iran’s previous offer, which Trump rejected last week as “garbage”. The closure of the strait
US-Israeli attacks on Iran. The letter, seen by the Guardian, asked Farage to confirm that none of the sum was “derived from transactions with Russian state-linked energy companies”, and to give assurances that
Iran’s blockade of the strait of Hormuz. The strait’s de facto closure sent energy prices soaring after the US and Israel first launched missile strikes on Tehran on 28 February. Warren Patterson
blockade within the same time. Another state-backed agency, ISNA, said Iran would insist on administering the strait along with Oman. The two countries share the narrow waterway, with the transit passage governed
costly and unnecessary war.” Such bills are unlikely to pass in the Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives and would almost certainly be vetoed by Trump if they are approved. Still, the votes
Iran quickly reversed the decision after the US kept the blockade of its ports in place. By then, Islam's ship had already come within 30 nautical miles of the strait. He had no choice
blockade](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/19/trumps-sends-delegation-to-pakistan-for-possible-new-round-of-iran-war-talks) near the strait of Hormuz shipping channel had been seized. He wrote on social media: “We have full custody of their ship, and are seeing what’s on board!” The incident