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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
threats and attacks against vessels. The UAE’s energy ministry said that the constraints on the strait meant the decision to leave would not have a huge effect on the market. Leaving Opec will give
Strait of Hormuz in southern Iranian waters, and speaking by radio with an IRGC naval commander who said any “hostile military vessels” are banned from entering and will be “targeted without hesitation”. In a social
Iran said this was to help tankers avoid the danger of mines.  On Thursday, Trump ordered the US military to “shoot
Strait of Hormuz, or the release of frozen Iranian funds. Analysts have said the Trump administration is constrained by the political imperative of reaching a deal with better terms than the 2015 [Joint Comprehensive Plan
Strait of Hormuz and the US enforces a naval blockade of Iranian ports. Meanwhile, Israel continues to violate “ceasefires” reached in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. In March, when Iran was retaliating against
responsibility,” said Qatar’s ambassador to the UN, Alya Ahmed Saif al-Thani. The current situation “not only jeopardises global economic stability and energy security but also worsens humanitarian crises and undermines regional stability
response to its [latest offer for peace talks](/news/2026/5/3/whats-irans-14-point-proposal-to-end-the-war-and-will-trump-accept-it) after Trump called Tehran’s proposal “unacceptable”. - Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that US allies in the region are aware
Trump rejected last week as “garbage”. The closure of the strait of Hormuz and the threat of further conflict in the region has sent oil prices soaring, fuelling inflation worldwide and threatening a global recession
Strait of Hormuz open “like me”. Trump and his top officials had sent contradictory messages before the president’s visit to China, suggesting that they hoped Beijing would use its influence over Iran to help
threat was delivered while actually bombing Iran, in a tit-for-tat exchange with Tehran in which a critical reservoir and water tanks were badly damaged in the drought-stricken south, [a war crime
threats. - **US attacks southern Iran:** Explosions were reported in the southern city of Bandar Abbas before US media said American forces had carried out “self-defence” attacks on missile launch sites and mine-laying vessels
threat to strike the southern suburbs. Photograph: Bilal Hussein/AP Despite the agreement, hostilities in southern [Lebanon](https://www.theguardian.com/world/lebanon) – which Israel invaded in March – appeared to continue. This morning, the Israeli military said that
Trump**, who [US warned Oman](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/27/donald-trump-oman-threat-strait-hormuz) in late May not to get involved in any effort with Iran to impose a toll. The US treasury secretary, **Scott Bessent**, said Oman’s ambassador
threat of renewed outbreak of fighting in the background. Trump said he now considers the two-week ceasefire with Iran ends “Wednesday evening Washington time”, extending the pause for an extra 24 hours to allow
threat against northern Israel. Trump felt his behaviour threatened his own attempt to reach a deal with Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and secure assurances on Iran's nuclear programme. In an interview
threats after clashing with German chancellor **Friedrich Merz** over the Iran war. Earlier this week, Merz said [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) had **“humiliated” the US** and questioned how Trump planned to end the conflict, saying
threat. Critics, however, have argued that the US and Israeli attack on Iran was unprovoked, thereby violating international law. Speaking ahead of the vote, Republican Brian Mast decried the latest resolution as “crazy”, pointing
threats posed by Iranian forces,” Tim Hawkins, a CENTCOM spokesman, said in a statement. It gave no details of the attacks and only said the targets included missile launch sites and boats trying to “emplace
response would have been likely. Trump has been banking on a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and agree the terms of much longer-term talks over the big issues, starting with