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Hormuz with dots representing ships, while another points at it](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f30038dc0cee6a28795d458db429546048671fe0/0_0_7069_4712/master/7069.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Employees of shipping container firm Hapag-Lloyd monitor the status of cargo ships in the strait
Ships anchored off Bandar Abbas in Iran, April 22, 2026 [Getty Images] ## A strait that’s neither open nor closed The status of the Strait of Hormuz
Strait of Hormuz will not fully return to its pre-war status; instead, the number of ships
Strait of Hormuz](/economy/2026/3/16/strait-of-hormuz-which-countriess-ships-has-iran-allowed-safe-passage-to), a vital shipping lane for crude oil and gas, as well as talks aimed at formally ending the US-Israel war on Iran. But despite optimistic statements from Trump, Iranian officials
status of the Strait of Hormuz will remain tightly controlled and in its previous condition,” it said. By 10:30 GMT on Saturday, no fewer than eight [oil and gas tankers](/economy/2026/4/18/as-oil-prices-plunge-below-91-after-weeks-a-new-hormuz-crisis-emerges) had crossed
shipping security in the Strait of Hormuz. Qalibaf warned that a "new equation" in the strait is taking shape. He signaled that Tehran has yet to fully respond to the U.S. attempt to reopen
ships in the 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
Strait of Hormuz raised fears the ceasefire between the US and Iran was in jeopardy. The US has said it aims to guide stranded ships out of the Gulf through the largely closed waterway. Tehran
status of the Strait of Hormuz will remain tightly controlled and in its previous condition,” it said. Then, on Wednesday this week, Iran reiterated the closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the recent exchange
ships in the Persian Gulf once again stayed put, after reports of vessels coming under fire mid-passage and being forced to withdraw. Their pullback restored the strait to its pre-ceasefire status, raising
Hormuz, a strategic waterway key to the global flow of oil, and the U.S. imposing a blockade of Iranian ports. ### [Middle East](https://www.npr.org/sections/middle-east/) ### [An expert on Iranian politics reviews the status of negotiations
Strait of Hormuz remains shut,” June Goh, a senior oil market analyst at Sparta in Singapore, told Al Jazeera. “However, markets are expecting a gush of 100 million barrels of crude oil from the stranded
Strait of Hormuz] and Iran in one way or another is going to keep control over the waterway,” said Atas. ## Dangerous escalation Iran has been blocking nearly all shipping from the Gulf, other than
Strait of Hormuz in response to the US blockade [after declaring the waterway completely open](/news/2026/4/17/iran-foreign-minister-says-strait-of-hormuz-completely-open) last week when the regional ceasefire was extended to Lebanon. Trump has not set a deadline for the extended
Hormuz and reimposed restrictions on the vital shipping lane after the US said it would not end its blockade of Iranian ports. A UK maritime agency reported that Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) ships
status of the ceasefire in doubt, Donald Trump declined to say what would constitute a violation, telling reporters only that Iran knows “what not to do”.** It comes amid rising tensions after both sides exchanged
ship on vessels transiting through the strait, according to reports. Iran would then use the money it raises for reconstruction. If peace talks fail, Tehran may again seek to close the strait. --- ## Will
status of the strait, and they say they are not going to give up on that,” said Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar Atas, reporting from Tehran. ## ‘Project Freedom’ paused The US operation in the strait
strait, which it successfully closed shortly after the US-Israeli strikes on February 28. Most of the international community has stressed the need for maintaining free trade through Hormuz. Iranian Parliament Speaker [Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
status of the islands remains disputed by Argentina, now led by Trump’s ally President Javier Milei. Starmer largely kept the UK out of the Iran war, but unlike other European countries did allow