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Hormuz, despite Iran having allowed some Indian ships to pass through it at certain times since the US-Israel war on Iran began. Iran closed the strait early into the war, threatening to fire
strait of Hormuz**, and later said they repelled Iranian reprisal attacks in the region and **attacked sites on Iran’s Qeshm Island.** - **Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said it attacked the US Fifth
response to the US blockade of Iranian ports, which began on April 14. Tehran says the blockade violates the terms of the ceasefire. Trump on Saturday said that the US was having “very good conversations
US-Israeli might, and greater leverage through the Strait of Hormuz. Now Israel's arch-enemy appears to be the one with influence over Israel's key ally. "Israel's failure requires a renewed assessment
response to the Israeli attacks after the ceasefire, it would once more close the strait of Hormuz, the economically critical waterway it had agreed to open for the two-week duration of the ceasefire
Strait of Hormuz, with over a dozen US warships now enforcing a blockade that has rerouted dozens of vessels, sending shockwaves through global energy markets and raising fears of a worldwide economic meltdown. Washington
strait of Hormuz during a patrol. Photograph: US Central Command After Trump’s unilateral announcement, Pakistan’s president, Shehbaz Sharif, thanked the US president for extending the ceasefire with Iran, saying it would allow ongoing
response to the latest attacks, Iran’s top military command announced the complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical oil transit routes. Officials warned all vessels to stay
strait of Hormuz, it will take a few months for the oil market to rebalance,” he wrote in an emailed statement to Bloomberg. “But if trade and shipping remain curtailed by more than
US “cannot impose their will to do a siege over Iran, while Iran, with good intention, is trying to facilitate safe passage through the strait of Hormuz”. In a post on X, the IRGC
Strait of Hormuz. Last week, Merz compared the war to previous military quagmires, such as the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. “It is, at the moment, a pretty tangled situation,” he said
response to the latest US proposal, but is continuing to exchange diplomatic messages via mediator Pakistan. Trump has repeatedly played up the prospect of an agreement that would end the US-Israel war on Iran
Hormuz. The deaths were the first fatalities since the US military began in April its blockade of the strait in an attempt to squeeze Iran’s economy and push its government towards a peace deal
Strait of Hormuz. To retaliate against the US and Israel, Iran has been blocking traffic through the waterway since the start of the war, impeding a major artery for oil and gas shipments. Energy prices
Strait of Hormuz and the future of Iran’s nuclear programme. ## ‘We will use force’ Speaking during the news conference on Thursday, General Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said
Strait of Hormuz, [fuelling inflation](/news/2026/4/10/inflation-rises-in-us-amid-iran-war-hormuz-blockade). It was less than $3 before the war. Despite the truce that came into effect last month, skirmishes [have erupted](/news/2026/5/7/explosions-heard-in-iran-as-state-media-reports-clashes-with-us-navy) in the Gulf over the past week
Strait of Hormuz and a naval blockade of Iranian ports by the Trump administration has heightened tensions. As diplomacy aimed at a more durable peace agreement between the two countries drags on, here’s what
US’s peace proposal** and considering its response via Pakistani mediators. **Ebrahim Rezaei,** the spokesperson of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission, said the proposal to end the war was merely
Hormuz. First, US President Donald Trump announced that US naval ships would help guide stranded vessels through the strait in an operation he dubbed “Project Freedom”. Iran issued a new map of the strait with
US-Israeli war damage, and commitments not to resort to force in future. The future management of the strategic strait of Hormuz is a key point of dispute, with Pakistan floating plans for joint control