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blockade. Calbee said on Tuesday 14 of its products would switch to monochrome branding by the end of May. The company’s potato chip brands in particular are known for brightly coloured bag designs. Calbee
blockade and ensuring stability in the Strait of Hormuz remain Tehran’s main priorities in ongoing peace talks, while stressing that lifting sanctions on oil exports and releasing frozen assets are “not details for us
Iran on February 28. Tehran retaliated by closing off the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel linking the Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, through which approximately 20 percent of the world
blockade of Iranian oil ports. The removal of the largely unmapped mines would be perilous in a benign, peaceful environment, but even more fraught if the operation was being carried out under attack by Iranian
blockade. [Before the war](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach), Iran was offering a moratorium on uranium enrichment of five years, and the US was demanding 20. The reported new proposal suggests a compromise
blockade on Iranian ports and ships days after the ceasefire began on April 8. This has disrupted global oil supplies and contributed to rising prices. Countries around the world have been forced to seek alternative
blockade](/news/2026/4/24/how-long-can-iran-survive-the-uss-hormuz-blockade) on ships entering or leaving Iranian ports, further adding to the disruption of global oil and gas supplies. The White House statement added: “President Xi also made clear China’s opposition
blockaded the Strait of Hormuz. And, in Lebanon, which had already been suffering from an economic crisis, there is less work, and people are losing their jobs. “The price of running the generator is killing
blockade, releasing frozen Iranian assets, paying reparations, removing sanctions and establishing a new mechanism governing the Strait of Hormuz. Nuclear talks are deferred. Iran received a US response via Pakistan on Sunday. Neither side
blockade” by Washington as the reason. ## ‘Haze of confusion’ In the hours it took between Trump’s flurry of announcements on Friday and official responses from Iranian authorities, supporters of the establishment voiced serious concerns
blockade in the strait of Hormuz that Tehran views as a necessary retaliation to the US attacks. Iran’s intelligence assessment has always been that some Gulf states had allowed their airspace or US bases
costing does not include losses incurred at US bases in the region, or any of the specialised equipment or naval assets. Mark Cancian, a senior adviser with the Defense and Security Department at CSIS, carried
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 13, 2026. **Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images** Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images However
Iran imposed competing [blockades](/news/2026/4/14/how-much-will-us-hormuz-blockade-hurt-iran-and-does-tehran-have-an-escape). Naval blockades are one of the oldest weapons in warfare, requiring no ground troops or invasion, just the ability to cut off what an enemy needs to survive. These blockades
blockade – which has stopped Iranian tankers from exporting to Asian economies – or the outcome of back-channel talks that have yielded a meaningful breakthrough. Iran’s nuclear programme, US sanctions and the future
costly in blood and treasure. He will also have to show that [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) has made no permanent gain by taking control of shipping passing through the strait of Hormuz. These
blockade of the strait, says Julian Borger. “ Iran’s strength is its ability to keep the strait closed – and if that gets challenged then that’s an important card that Iran would have lost. That
US President Donald Trump met Lebanese and Israeli envoys at a new round of peace talks Thursday, with Beirut seeking a one-month extension of a shaky ceasefire set to expire. **BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty
blockade of the Strait of Hormuz](/news/2026/4/14/fao-warns-strait-of-hormuz-disruption-risks-triggering-a-global-food-crisis) drives the worst energy crunch in modern history, leading governments to scramble to unload their emergency oil stockpiles, developing countries are among the least prepared to mitigate
blockade. Meanwhile, Iran has published a map showing parts of the strait that it said had been mined, and an alternative route for approved ships earlier this month. This route brings ships much closer