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Uranium and control of strait of Hormuz key as talks to end US-Iran war continue

Hormuz is a key point of dispute, with Pakistan floating plans for joint control under UN auspices Tehran has also proposed that its recently created Persian Gulf Strait Authority take responsibility for the channel

Iran war: What’s happening on day 57 as US envoys head to Pakistan?

Strait of Hormuz must reopen immediately “without restrictions and without tolling”, European Council President Antonio Costa said after talks with leaders from Lebanon and Syria. - **‘Diplomacy is not closed’ between Iran and US:** Al Jazeera

Middle East crisis live: US and Iran in blockade stalemate as Washington’s navy secretary leaves office ‘immediately’

strait of Hormuz a day after **Donald Trump** announced he was indefinitely calling off US attacks, while there is no sign of peace talks restarting. The status of a two-week-old ceasefire

A veneer of normality has returned to Tehran, but fears for the future are rife

strait of Hormuz. The war’s economic toll has been severe too. Many people have lost their jobs and inflation is surging. The International Monetary Fund estimates [it could reach 70% this year](https://www.imf.org

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Iran war day 85: Tehran says major gaps remain in US talks

tolls linked to transit through the Strait of Hormuz are part of a “security service” provided to vessels crossing the strategic waterway, as Tehran rejects US threats of escalation and asserts control over the strait

Iran war: What is happening on day 48 of the US-Iran conflict?

Strait of Hormuz during a call with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. ## War diplomacy - **Round two of talks:** The US is discussing holding a second round of peace talks with Iran and is optimistic about

Iran recounts historic battles in response to Trump’s talk of agreement

shipping at the dockside in occupied Khorramshahr, Iran, October 7, 1980 [AP Photo] Ahmad Vahidi, the commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), used the battle to signal that Tehran would

Trump and Tehran’s series of mismanaged posts stall progress towards peace

Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of the ceasefire [Lebanon ceasefire] on the coordinated route as already announced by the Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep of Iran.” His announcement

‘No clear strategy’: how Trump went from shock and awe to wait and see in Iran

toll inflicted on the world economy by the closure of the strait of Hormuz. The reason, senior officials have said, is because of the joint US-Israeli strikes were so successful that they have fractured

Peace talks in doubt as U.S. seizes Iranian ship

Strait of Hormuz as part of Washington's blockade on Iranian vessels in the vital waterway, and just two days before the ceasefire is set to expire. [A video](https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2046085543348293851?s=20) released

Strait of Hormuz blockade and other major naval sieges in modern times

Strait of [Hormuz](/news/2026/4/24/trumps-may-1-deadline-can-he-continue-war-on-iran-after-that), a narrow waterway once carrying roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and gas, remains effectively closed after the United States and Iran imposed competing [blockades](/news/2026/4/14/how-much-will-us-hormuz-blockade-hurt-iran-and-does-tehran-have-an-escape). Naval blockades

Iran war day 81: Trump delays attack; Tehran says won’t ‘surrender’

Strait of Hormuz, Iran, citing its absolute sovereignty over the bed and subsoil of its territorial sea … could declare that all fibre-optic cables passing through the waterway are subject to permits,” the IRGC said

Push to bring US and Iran together for peace talks as ceasefire deadline looms

Ship-tracking data showed the vessel in the Indian Ocean between Sri Lanka and Indonesia around the time when it was intercepted. ![Preparations in Islamabad for expected second round of US-Iran talks.](https://i.guim.co.uk

Democrats urged to link clean energy to affordability as Iran war hikes up prices

Hormuz, where a fifth of the world’s oil and gas normally travels, in the wake of the US and Israel’s attack on Iran caused energy costs to spike around the world

U.S. and Iran exchange strikes. And, House passes ICE and Border Patrol funding

Strait of Hormuz," the U.S. Central Command said. CENTCOM described the action as a "[proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/09/nx-s1-5851845/trump-confirms-iran-shot-down-helicopter-says-u-s-must-respond)," and added that U.S. forces remain vigilant and ready to defend against

Friday briefing: How rising antisemitism is striking fear into the everyday lives of British Jews

shipping in the strait of Hormuz and vowing to guard the country’s nuclear and missile programmes. 2. ***Environment*** | Governments have been asked to develop national “roadmaps” setting out how they will end the production