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response from Iran’s government. But the Tasnim News Agency, linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said the US was still obstructing parts of a potential deal. “We’re either going to have
response And oil prices are once again rising due to the uncertainty and the double blockade in the Gulf – Iran closing down Hormuz and the US
blockade of Iranian ports, Tehran is signalling that any attack near its territory could trigger a response against US military assets elsewhere in the Gulf. In effect, Iran
Iran largely closed the strait, throwing global markets into turmoil and driving up oil prices. The US later imposed its own blockade of Iranian ports in response
response to the latest US proposal. “We did not demand any concessions. Our demand is legitimate: demanding an end to the war, lifting the (US) blockade and piracy, and releasing Iranian assets that have been
Iran’s parliamentary speaker said the ceasefire extension could be a “ploy to buy time” for potential military escalation. - Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described the US naval blockade
US and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation.” Iran’s chief negotiator and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf made the same point “The naval blockade
response to the inclusion of Lebanon in the truce. Iran has set lifting the blockade as a precondition for resuming talks with the US
Iran. Trump has blocked the Strait of Hormuz in response to US and Israeli attacks, sending oil prices soaring. Despite the ceasefire that came into effect last month, the Iranian blockade
responsible for blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the EU said on Friday. Tehran effectively closed the key shipping lane for global oil and gas supplies in retaliation for the US-Israeli war. Deeming the blockade
Iran has continued to effectively block in response to being attacked by the US and Israel in February. The US military in turn has blockaded
Iran announced a reopening of the strait, but Trump said the US blockade would persist. So less than 24 hours later, Tehran said it was closing the strait again. US forces have seized at least
US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has said Iran’s oil industry is starting to shut production down because of the American blockade of the strait of Hormuz, the critical shipping channel via which about
Iran’s nuclear programme. The memorandum was itself a response to an earlier Iranian proposal. That also envisaged the lifting of parallel US and Iranian blockades
US proposal to end the war? The United States continues to wait for Iran’s response [to its latest proposal](/news/2026/5/8/what-we-know-about-irans-response-to-the-latest-us-ceasefire-proposal) to end the war that spilled into the region, including Lebanon, and triggered
US naval blockade continue. Others called for the Iranian authorities to clarify the matter. Iran is an ally of Hezbollah, a Shia Muslim political and military group based in southern Lebanon. Israel launched strikes
response focused on ending the war on all fronts, including in [Lebanon](/news/2026/5/11/israeli-killings-in-lebanon-rise-is-even-the-pretence-of-a-ceasefire-over), where US ally Israel is fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters. Tehran also demanded compensation for war damage, emphasised its sovereignty over
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
Iran imposed a blockade after the US and Israel launched their war on February 28. A fifth of the world’s oil usually passes through the chokepoint. The US has since compounded the disruption
us, but can't imagine that it would be acceptable". Iranian state media said Tehran's 14-point plan asked Washington to withdraw its forces from near Iran's borders, end its naval blockade