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shipping and energy flows, despite weeks of intense US and Israeli bombardment”. Saeed Leylaz, a pro-establishment political and economic analyst based in Tehran, said he believes that while opinions may vary among some figures
impact. This is a multiparty war, which leaves a lot of room for spoilers to obfuscate things,” Jaffery said. ## Talks at an impasse The immediate trigger for the latest tensions was Washington’s rejection
impacted companies to grasp the situation,” he said, adding that a fact-finding hearing would take place on Tuesday. However, major ink and chemical producers have raised prices due to the volatility
ships passing through the waterway. An early estimate indicates that Iran has suffered about $270bn in direct and indirect damages since the start of the US-Israel war on February 28, Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh
naval mines, drone boats and Typhoon jets for air patrols. More than 40 other nations are involved in the mission, which Healey said would begin when conditions allow. For months Iran has been controlling
naval blockade since mid-April now means that most of its exports are having to be stored instead. Bessent wrote in an X post on April 22: “In a matter of days, Kharg Island storage
naval escort. It is largely a rebranding of a coordination operation that was already under way called the Maritime Freedom Construct, which promoted a route hugging the southern side of the Hormuz strait. Trump, characteristically
us want to see a nuclear-armed Iran." --- ### **High jet fuel prices squeeze airlines** Meanwhile, the war and strait blockade are continuing to rattle global markets and push up costs, with the airline industry particularly
ships transited the strait, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Burcu Ozcelik, a Middle East expert with the Royal United Services Institute thinkthank, said: “Iran has proven to be a formidable adversary, in that
shipped. “Americans are told that they must absorb rocketing costs of war of choice on Iran,” Araghchi wrote on X, coupled with an image of rising yields on US Treasury bonds. “Put aside gas price
ship’s seizure “piracy” and has expressed uncertainty regarding its participation in the sessions while the naval blockade remains. The current diplomatic track predates the outbreak of the US-Israel war on Iran, which began
blockade targeting Iranian shipping and ports. Currently, some 2,000 vessels are stranded at either end of the strait, while others have been rerouted, come under fire or even been seized in the strait
naval blockade on Iranian ports has failed to reopen it. Before the war began, between 120 and 140 ships travelled through the strait each day, about half of them oil tankers carrying some 20 million
naval blockade on Iranian ports and vessels since April 13. Last week, it deployed a third aircraft carrier strike group with thousands of elite troops, in the largest buildup since the invasion of Iraq
naval blockade](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/13/deadline-passes-for-us-blockade-on-ships-using-iranian-ports-to-begin) on ships using Iranian ports in the Gulf in an effort to increase pressure on the country’s economy, and as a counter to Iran’s near-total closure
naval blockade of Hormuz, however, remains in effect, Trump said. In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump said the war could end if “Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to”. “Assuming Iran
blockade of the Strait of Hormuz also sent a message to China, Iran’s main trading partner. The Philippines, Simbulan added, is now critical to Washington as US military facilities in the Philippines
us at exactly the same place we were before." Iran's closing of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping corridor for the world's oil, has sent fuel prices skyrocketing and posed problems
naval blockade on Iranian ports added to the standoff around the strait. After Trump announced Project Freedom, Iran said ships trying to use the strait without permission from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) would
blockade on Iranian ships and ports. Since then, the US has captured Iranian ships near the strait, and its troops have boarded other ships hundreds of miles away in the Asia Pacific, which it alleges