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ships out of the strait of Hormuz,** dubbed “Project Freedom”. Trump said the decision to pause the mission on Tuesday – two days after it was launched – was to give peace a chance, but NBC reported
Hormuz, signalling a direct challenge to Iran’s closure of the strategic waterway, through which 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supplies are shipped in peacetime. Iran’s threats
Strait of Hormuz, which has been in effect closed for weeks since the launch of US-Israeli attacks on Iran, and which has been the site of multiple attacks and seizures of ships during that
Strait of Hormuz and a naval blockade of Iranian ports by the Trump administration has heightened tensions. As diplomacy aimed at a more durable peace agreement between the two countries drags on, here’s what
Strait of Hormuz would also open "as soon as we have it signed". The US leader said he had spoken to leaders in the region, including Gulf allies and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, adding
Strait of Hormuz](/news/2026/4/19/what-to-know-about-us-iran-standoff-over-the-strait-of-hormuz) to commercial shipping, global energy prices have surged and diplomatic efforts, including [Pakistan-mediated talks](/news/2026/4/12/us-and-iran-fail-to-reach-peace-deal-after-marathon-talks-in-pakistan) in Islamabad last month, have stalled. The US also imposed a [naval blockade](/news/2026/4/14/how-much-will-us-hormuz-blockade-hurt-iran-and-does-tehran-have-an-escape
Trump’s blockade on ships travelling to or from Iranian ports through the Strait of Hormuz. “As of today, CENTCOM forces have redirected 70 commercial vessels and disabled 4 to ensure compliance,” US Central Command
ships in the Red Sea, further escalating tension. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/07/nx-s1-5849220/israel-lebanon-beirut-airstrike-ceasefire) ### [World
Trump wrote: “Iran is collapsing financially! They want the Strait of Hormuz opened immediately – Starving for cash! Losing 500 Million Dollars a day. Military and Police complaining that they are not getting paid
statement after Iran and the UAE clashed over how to address the US-Israeli war on Iran, with the UAE also seeing itself as a victim of Iranian aggression. Since then, tensions between Iran
Trump on Sunday warned that Iranian efforts to halt passage through the strait "will, unfortunately, have to be dealt with forcefully." He said the U.S. effort to reopen the strait, dubbed "Project Freedom," was intended
shipping through the strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-closes-strait-of-hormuz-again-until-us-lifts-blockade) and that it would not allow any of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to be exported out of the country. The chain of events started
Trump claimed the Touska was hit after it refused to follow US orders to withdraw from its planned passage through the Strait of Hormuz. The US has been imposing a naval blockade since last Monday
Hormuz is being carried out with permission and in coordination with the IRGC Navy,” the statement carried by Iran’s state-affiliated ISNA news agency said on Wednesday. About a fifth of global energy exports
Trump’s claim to have ended eight wars has been widely disputed. Zelenskyy said he had received important commitments from the G7. “More air defence missiles along with licenses to produce them, winter support package
Strait of Hormuz towards Bandar Abbas. CENTCOM reported: “American forces issued multiple warnings and informed the Iranian-flagged vessel it was in violation of the US blockade.” “After Touska’s crew failed to comply with
statement shared by the International Atomic Energy Agency on X, and called for "maximum military restraint" near nuclear power plants. The UAE has not said from where the drone was launched. It has previously accused
Hormuz, a vital waterway through which about 20 percent of global oil and gas is shipped during peacetime, and the US naval blockade of Iranian ports. The closure of the strait, which is the only
statement carried by the official IRNA news agency, the IRGC claimed it had struck the US military installations in response to the strike on Qeshm Island. “FALSE,” CENTCOM said in a post
Trump wrote on social media. “Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack.” Iran rejected the accusation, but Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that foreign military forces operating near Iranian territory were