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Hormuz. Oil [prices tumbled](https://apnews.com/article/stock-markets-trump-oil-iran-war-50e10bf2aa9b0b658c51e17db3eb3b13) and stock markets rallied on the announcement the strait was open for commercial ships. --- ## World leaders urge restraint as an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire takes hold President Trump hailed
shipping movement in the Strait of Hormuz on April 17, 2026, in Space. [Handout/ European Union/Copernicus Sentinel via Reuters] In a post on X, foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei went further, describing the US naval
shipping in the strait of Hormuz and vowing to guard the country’s nuclear and missile programmes. “Today, two months after the largest military deployment and aggression by the world’s bullies in the region
Hormuz, a vital waterway through which about 20% of the world's crude oil and natural gas typically passes. The shipping route has been choked off by the war in the Middle East, with Iran
ships in the strait have not dented energy markets. The price of oil internationally and the cost of petrol in the US continued to climb on Monday. Lebanese news outlet Al Mayadeen cited a senior
Security Commission, warned that any US intervention would violate the ceasefire. “The Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf would not be managed by Trump’s delusional posts,” he wrote on X. Meanwhile
security doctrine in the wake of this devastating war and the historic high-level efforts to resolve age-old rifts with its arch enemy over Iran's nuclear programme, and new red button issues such
Hormuz,” the statement said. On Sunday, Trump said he was launching the campaign – dubbed “Project Freedom” – at the request of countries whose vessels are stranded in the strait, whom he referred to as “neutral
security chief Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr. “At this stage, it is difficult to imagine any meaningful arrangement on the strait proceeding without their blessing,” Toossi said. “Hormuz is increasingly viewed not simply as an economic chokepoint
Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping channel through which 20% of the world's oil and liquid natural gas usually passes, has sent oil prices soaring since the conflict began. Earlier this month, government officials
Hormuz, Trump said the US would start helping to free ships stranded in the Gulf by the US-Israeli war on Iran. Trump gave few details of the plan to aid ships and their crews
shipping traffic has fallen by 95 percent. Australia’s heavy reliance on oil refined in South East Asian countries which, in turn, import crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz has seen the government turn
shipping stranded by the Iranian closure of the strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/trump-project-freedom-saudi-arabia-strait-of-hormuz). And on Wednesday the US military fired on an Iranian-flagged oil tanker hours after Trump issued a fresh ultimatum
shipping in the strait of Hormuz and vowing to guard the country’s nuclear and missile programmes. 2. ***Environment*** | Governments have been asked to develop national “roadmaps” setting out how they will end the production
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
strait of Hormuz? Should there be a long-term procedure whereby any ship that passes through would have to pay a toll or seek permission from Iran?” he says. But, as all recent American presidents
Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/strait-of-hormuz) by Iran and attacks by the Iranian-backed Yemeni Houthi rebels around the narrow Bab el Mandeb strait. Ships have to sail through the straits to exit
Hormuz was [closed again](/news/2026/4/18/iran-reasserts-control-of-hormuz-strait-as-trump-warns-against-blackmail) amid the standoff between Iran and the United States, as the influential Iranian parliamentary speaker indicated that a conclusive peace agreement was still “far” away, even though talks made some
Strait of Hormuz](/news/2026/4/22/iran-calls-us-ship-seizure-piracy-is-it). ### Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Ghalibaf, 64, has served as Iran’s parliamentary speaker since 2020. He was commander of the IRGC air force from 1997 to 2000. After that
Hormuz Strait situation is over, I received a call from NATO asking if we would need some help. I TOLD THEM TO STAY AWAY, UNLESS THEY JUST WANT TO LOAD UP THEIR SHIPS WITH