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foreign minister **Iran’s state media is reporting that the capital Tehran’s Mehrabad airport has suspended all flights until further notice.** Israel and Iran continued to fire at each other on Monday while
foreign minister, Saeed Khatibzadeh, [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) had been held back from responding forcefully to Israel’s escalation in Lebanon by Pakistani intervention urging restraint in the interests of a broader peace agreement. Pakistan
foreign minister Wang Yi, second right, met his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, left, in Beijing on 6 May. Photograph: Cai Yang/AP ## Iranian influence The war in Iran has shifted the summit’s dynamics, absorbing
Strait of Hormuz en route to Iran’s main commercial port, Bandar Abbas. The Touska, a small container ship operated by the sanctioned Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), was boarded near Iran
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
Iran to end the Middle East war. Trump’s so-called “Project Freedom” to help vessels leave the strait began on Monday. - ****Shipping incident reported:**** A cargo vessel has been struck by an unknown projectile
strait of Hormuz,” Centcom said in a statement shared on X. - **[Oil rose back above $100 a barrel](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/26/oil-price-energy-market-us-iran-peace-talks) on Tuesday, after the fresh US strikes on Iran dashed hopes of a breakthrough
strait of Hormuz – bringing home the economic gravity of these talks for south Asian countries. Neighbouring Bangladesh warned this week that its mobile network would soon face a shutdown as they were running
strait of Hormuz. The Houthis, an Islamist armed group that controls large parts of Yemen, are allies of Iran – they have previously targeted shipping in the Red Sea and likely the “resistance” referred
statement condemning what it called "hostile" U.S. military action against two Iranian oil tankers near the Iranian port of Jask and the strait, as well as strikes on nearby coastal areas. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz
statements on talks as “a media game”, aimed at pressuring Iran through a “blame game”.  between Israel and Lebanon struck on Thursday. Brent crude, the international