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Iran war in late February. Aramco’s east-west pipeline allows it to ship oil from its east coast to the Red Sea port of Yanbu. Disruption in the strait has triggered a spike
blockade. The operation will start on Monday, the US president says. Iran took control of the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas supplies pass, days after
response than before. We have many winning cards that we have not yet used,” he added. ## War diplomacy - ****Trump slams Merz:**** Trump lashed out at German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the Iran war, after comments
US sanctions, and that the 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon was completely unrelated to Iran. Amid Pakistan’s [ongoing efforts](/news/2026/4/18/pakistan-pm-army-chief-wrap-up-key-trips-in-push-for-more-us-iran-talks) to mediate another round of negotiations, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher
US NAVY/AFP/Getty Images Trump called off Project Freedom, the plan to escort oil tankers through the strait, after little more than two days last week ostensibly to give Iran time to respond to his peace
response to any aggression,” he wrote on social media on Monday. “There is no alternative but to accept the rights of the Iranian people as laid out in the 14-point proposal.” The core disagreements
response, the X accounts of multiple Iranian embassies abroad posted a US map covered with the flag of the Islamic Republic, with the question: “United States of Iran?” The Trump administration has emphasised that
US strikes](/news/2026/5/26/anticipation-in-iran-as-talks-with-us-continue-amid-attacks-war-of-words) in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province represent a “gross violation” of the [fragile ceasefire](/news/2026/5/26/us-strikes-iran-again-what-we-know-and-is-the-ceasefire-over) in place since early April. The commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s Aerospace Force, Seyed Majid Moosavi
response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” Centcom said in a social media post shortly after 5pm ET on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that the US “must, of necessity, respond
blockade of Iranian ports. In an interview with Bloomberg News on Monday, US President Donald Trump indicated that he was unlikely to extend the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran before its expiry
response". Trump has threatened renewed violence as well, writing on his Truth Social platform that if Iran did not agree to a deal "the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher
Iran and the US have been at war since joint US-Israel strikes in late February. Since the shaky ceasefire was agreed on April 8, the confrontation has morphed into a struggle over who applies
response from Tehran to its [latest proposals](/news/2026/5/7/what-are-us-proposals-to-end-war-and-will-iran-agree-to-them) for an agreement to end the war, which began with joint US-Israeli air strikes on Iran on February 28. Here’s what we know about
blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and, in return, obtain Iran’s commitment to negotiations,” a French presidency official told the AFP news agency. The announcement comes as Tehran says it is reviewing a US
response to the Vietnam War, a US president can wage military action for only 60 days before they must end it, ask Congress for authorisation, or seek a 30-day extension, due to the “unavoidable
blockade of Iran’s ports, and subsequent [skyrocketing food inflation](/news/2026/5/10/food-inflation-hammers-households-in-war-hit-iran). ## Why has Iran focused on the UAE? The US military has had a significant presence on the UAE’s soil for years, including
Iran is embarrassed by the fact that our blockade is holding, and we can run ships through, and we’re going to help the world run ships through,” Hegseth said. He added that the US
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 continues? Iran’s reversion to large-scale [military exchanges with Israel](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/08/israel-netanyahu-airstrikes-iran-retaliation-defies-trump) broadened the conflict that began in February not only by making the [Israeli attacks on Hezbollah](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/07/israel-escalates-war-hezbollah-airstrikes-beirut)
response to US proposals to end the war via mediators in Pakistan, Iranian state media report. No details have been released. The US has not made details of its proposals public, either, but reports suggest