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Strait of Hormuz on April 24, 2026 [Meysam Mirzadeh/Tasnim/WANA via Reuters] ## How did the US respond? Trump has said he is reviewing Iran’s proposal, but warned that Washington could resume attacks if Tehran “misbehaves
Strait of Hormuz has stopped oil tankers from completing their journeys. Amid ongoing indirect negotiations between the US and Iran, securing an end to the conflict
Strait of Hormuz in peacetime. Since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran at the end of February, shipping through the passage has fallen by 95 percent as Iran has threatened to target tankers
strait of Hormuz, the key waterway which was closed to shipping by Iran in the early days of the conflict, cutting the supply of around a fifth of the world
strait of Hormuz opened. However, the US president warned if no deal was reached the US has “the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again!” In a Truth Social post, Trump said [Iran
US has already claimed “complete victory” in the conflict and Trump has attacked reporters who have questioned the wisdom of the intervention, particularly as the strait of Hormuz remains closed to more than
conflict*** | Donald Trump has said the ceasefire with Iran is [on “life support”](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/11/donald-trump-ceasefire-with-iran-on-life-support-reject-peace-proposals) and that he is considering restarting US navy military escorts of ships through the strait of Hormuz
conflict across the Middle East. Iran responded by attacking Israel and US-allied states in the Gulf, and effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz
Iran will loom large over the summit. Although not a main player in the conflict, China has been hit by the economic fallout of the war and the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, through
Strait of Hormuz](/news/2026/4/6/trump-says-us-could-charge-for-strait-of-hormuz-passage-amid-iran-war), but analysts say Beijing will require concessions from the US, likely over Taiwan, if it were to aid in resolving the crisis. And Iran is unlikely
US is sneaking oil past the Strait of Hormuz Since the U.S. and Israel started the war with Feb. 28 attacks on Iran, the conflict
Iran has shifted the summit’s dynamics, absorbing a massive amount of Trump’s attention. The conflict has resulted in the closure of the strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world
strait of Hormuz, and has vowed to retaliate against the threat of US tariffs. Meanwhile, the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, accused China on Tuesday of being an “unreliable global partner” for stockpiling oil. China
US-Israel war in Iran, some companies have been counting bumper profits instead. The uncertainty sparked by the conflict, and Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz
US military operation](/news/2026/5/5/trump-announces-pause-on-us-operation-to-unblock-strait-of-hormuz) to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz after just one day, in a bid to reach a deal with Iran to end the Middle East war. Trump’s so-called
Iran’s nuclear ambitions and its control of the Strait of Hormuz. A Pakistani source and another source briefed on the mediation told Reuters that an agreement was close on a one-page memorandum that
strait of 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
Iran’s use of the Strait of Hormuz as a “bargaining chip” would only deepen the crisis in the Gulf, and said all parties in the conflict should respond to mediation efforts
US and Israel jointly started bombing Iran on February 28, launching a conflict that has spread across the Middle East, with ramifications the world over. Iran responded by closing the Strait of Hormuz
US in November. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), whose grip on decision-making in Tehran, experts believe, has been reinforced during the conflict, said it had no intention of lifting its blockade. Iran