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costs for Americans, [at the 3.5% to 3.75% level](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62rm4zk3kgo) on Wednesday. Before the war, economists had expected a series of interest rate cuts. Since US strikes on Iran began, the average interest
US ends its naval blockade on April 19, Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said the “security of the Strait of Hormuz is not free”. “One cannot restrict Iran’s oil exports while
Iran, on April 18, 2026 [Asghar Besharati/AP] ## ‘A drop in yields’ Still, the longer the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, the higher prices of urea, ammonia, sulfur and phosphates are likely to rise, spelling higher
Iran has allowed passage by vessels from select countries that need to negotiate their transit with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. In April, the US announced a [naval blockade](/news/2026/4/24/how-long-can-iran-survive-the-uss-hormuz-blockade) on ships entering or leaving
US-Israel strikes and see nuclear issues from a nationalist, sovereign rights perspective.” She predicted that the United Nations may soon issue a formal condemnation of Iran for unilaterally blockading the Strait of Hormuz
US naval blockade would hurt Iran. “Iran remains significantly dependent on oil revenue, which cannot be fully realised when key export routes — particularly maritime ports — are restricted or disrupted,” he told Al Jazeera. “Such constraints
Iran will not test the US blockade, instead opting to pause shipments to avoid a military confrontation," she said. Traders may have also been encouraged by signs that several sanctioned tankers "appeared to make
Iran is making claims to the 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
cost of living crisis intensifying for millions. Any conventional US president would be in big trouble. But [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) is not a conventional president, and normal rules do not seem to apply
Iran by targeting its revenue from the tolls and oil sales. US Central Command (Centcom) said on Friday that 45 commercial ships have been told to turn around since the blockade began. About
Iran passed its two-month mark. Fighting has been largely paused since April 8, with the US imposing a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has repeatedly promised to resume attacks
Iran first restricted passage to most ships from early March after the US and Israel launched their war on the country. Then, on April 13, the US imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ships
US imposes a blockade on shipments from Iranian ports. - UK prime minister **Keir Starmer** and French president **Emmanuel Macron** will **co-host a summit in Paris on Friday focused on efforts to reopen the strait
US blockade since it began, with 19 exiting the Persian Gulf and 15 entering from the Arabian Sea. Six outbound tankers carried approximately 10.7m barrels of Iranian crude oil, generating an estimated $910m
cost of gas in the US has continued to climb. Iran denies seeking a nuclear weapon. Although the US is one of the largest oil producers and is not heavily reliant on energy products from
US blockade continues, then the Caspian Sea and the land link with Russia will become one of the few remaining routes for connecting Iran with world markets,” Smagin wrote in a commentary on the Telegram
Iran or the US blockade the strait of Hormuz. Last week the head of the International Energy Agency said flight cancellations would come soon if oil supplies from the Middle East were not restored, adding
costs of dollar dependence impossible to ignore. Countries that have long endured the inconvenience of dollar-denominated trade are now facing its geopolitical risk in real time – watching the US weaponise the dollar access against
US withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and other nations in 2018 and reimposed sweeping sanctions on Tehran. Russia’s full-scale [invasion](/tag/ukraine-russia-crisis/) of Ukraine in 2022 served to accelerate that trend
blockade](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/19/trumps-sends-delegation-to-pakistan-for-possible-new-round-of-iran-war-talks) near the strait of Hormuz shipping channel had been seized. He wrote on social media: “We have full custody of their ship, and are seeing what’s on board!” The incident