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shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.” Musgrave said on the two biggest issues – enrichment of uranium and transferring its highly enriched uranium – the US and Iran remain “far apart”. “President Trump has been unyielding that
blocking exports of oil products. “Don’t make the supply shocks worse,” she said. US senator Chuck Schumer further criticized the war in [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran), in response to news that Russian oil revenues
blocking of tankers from using the strait, through which about 20 percent of the world’s crude flows on a typical day, has led to a global surge in fuel prices. World leaders have welcomed
blocked the key oil shipping channel since the US and Israel attacked the country on 28 February. A ceasefire between the US and Iran is due to expire on 22 April. US President Donald Trump
block any additional sanctions linked to the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials are also believed to be seeking reassurances over the position Beijing will take during Xi’s talks with Trump next week, and whether
blocked for nearly two months - causing global energy prices to soar. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy warned in a statement on Saturday that "no vessel is to move from its anchorage
blocks Iranian ports](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/15/nx-s1-5786034/iran-middle-east-updates) The U.S. Middle East command, known as CENTCOM, [said](https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/4457255/us-to-blockade-ships-entering-or-exiting-iranian-ports/) on Sunday that it would intercept all vessels going to and from Iranian ports and will
mines, drones, missiles and fast-attack craft, making passage through the strait too risky for commercial shipping. The US has countered by blockading Iranian ports. The war, which began with an Israeli strike that killed
mines. It said the attacks had been carried out in “self-defence” to protect US troops from threats posed by Iranian forces. On Tuesday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had downed
blocking the crucial waterway through which 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas is meant to pass freely. What does Trump's "Project Freedom" entail and could it lead to a resumption
blocking nearly all shipping from the Gulf for more than two months, after the US and Israel attacked Iran two months ago, disrupting global energy supplies. “We have told these countries that we will guide
Strait of [Hormuz](/news/2026/4/24/trumps-may-1-deadline-can-he-continue-war-on-iran-after-that), a narrow waterway once carrying roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and gas, remains effectively closed after the United States and Iran imposed competing [blockades](/news/2026/4/14/how-much-will-us-hormuz-blockade-hurt-iran-and-does-tehran-have-an-escape). Naval blockades
mine in a **landmark court case**. - The Victorian premier, **Jacinta Allan** has sworn in her **new cabinet** at Government House in Melbourne after the resignation of three ministers. - **Virgin Australia** has lifted air fares