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Iranian officials and others 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
Iranian‑flagged container ship Touska, with Tehran days later capturing two foreign commercial vessels. Although nearly all Republicans voted down the War Powers Resolution on Thursday, Senator Susan Collins of Maine broke ranks to side
actions of the US and Israel. - **Iran accuses UAE over war:** Araghchi also accused the United Arab Emirates of playing an active role in the war against Iran, saying during the BRICS summit in India
ships remain stranded there.  US secretary of state Marco Rubio briefs reporters on Iran war at White House
ships already being turned back amid the standoff. - **Nuclear issue shows potential breakthrough:** Analyst Abas Aslani says Tehran is open to nuclear transparency if Washington is serious about a deal, but new US sanctions
action in Iran so far, some have said they may vote differently if the war threatens to go on beyond 60 days. ## Have hostilities really ceased for now? While the US administration and its Iranian
Iranian flagged ship was under the existing U.S. Treasury Department sanctions. Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned it will take action against the U.S. military for the seizure of that ship, without elaborating. Oil prices surged
shipping, and that it should have “no nuclear weapons”. He did not mention Lebanon. US allies have insisted the ceasefire should be comprehensive. A joint statement by the UK, EU countries, Canada and Japan called
US and Israeli strikes on the country, which started on 28 February. Around a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas usually passes through the narrow shipping route. The oil market
US intelligence assessments say Iran still has substantial missile capabilities, with about 70 percent of its mobile launchers and pre-war missile stockpile still in action, and has restored access to 30 of 33 missile
ships,” the force said, a day after [US strikes on two Iranian tankers](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/iran-accuses-us-of-violating-ceasefire-by-targeting-civilian-areas-and-ships-on-strait-of-hormuz) in the Gulf of Oman. Donald Trump had said on Friday that he was expecting Iran’s answer
action for only 60 days before they must end it, ask Congress for authorisation, or seek a 30-day extension, due to the “unavoidable military necessity regarding the safety of United States Armed Forces” while
actions of its regional proxies. In the best-case scenario for the US, the terms agreed would be somewhat better than those [on the table in Geneva](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach) on 26 February, two days
Shipping security and energy transit have been jeopardised by the US and its allies with the ceasefire violations and blockade. However, their evil acts will fail". Late on Tuesday the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO
Action signed with a number of nations in 2015, Iran had been allowed to enrich to 3.87 percent – enough to develop a nuclear power programme. Trump withdrew the US from the agreement in 2018, even
ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, dragging the region back to the brink of full-scale war. While the US military claimed to have destroyed six Iranian small boats and intercepted both Iranian
ships linked to Iran have been captured by the US as part of the siege. The US military said on Monday that it has also redirected 39 vessels in the regional waters over the past
shipping through the strait, lift US sanctions on Iran, and set curbs on Iran’s nuclear programme, the sources told the agency. It was unclear how the memorandum differs from a [14-point plan](/news/2026/5/3/whats-irans-14-point-proposal-to-end-the-war-and-will-trump-accept-it
actions to block any strait used for international navigation," Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez told the BBC. Donald Rothwell, professor of international law at the Australian National University, said international law would see the US, Israel
Action (JCPOA), an Obama-era deal signed in 2015 that limited but did not eliminate Iran’s right to enrich uranium. Trump [pulled the US out](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/08/iran-deal-trump-withdraw-us-latest-news-nuclear-agreement) of the deal in 2018. Former