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Israel war on Iran, the strait remains closed, choking off 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas supplies. That has sent global energy prices surging and heightened concerns about the risks
Iran and Lebanon end, there will be more pressure on Hamas because disarmament could become the central issue for Israel and the US in Gaza. Meanwhile, Hamas may also seek to shift the discussion from
statement against Tehran, accusing it of “spoiling” efforts at peace. Meanwhile in Washington, Donald Trump’s rhetoric had escalated to new levels of hysteria, as he threatened that Iran’s “whole civilisation will die tonight
ceasefire that ends on 21 April.** “I think you’re going to be watching an amazing two days ahead,” Trump told reporter Jonathan Karl. > double quotation markIt could end either way, but I think
statement on Saturday that "no vessel is to move from its anchorage in the Persian Gulf or the Sea of Oman". It said a number of vessels had passed through the strait under its management
Israel mural in Tehran on Tuesday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3316x3314+1011+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3a%2F1e%2F864cebb94e8bbde55c6dcdcc5336%2Fgettyimages-2271813846.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5795405/iran-middle-east-updates) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Iran says it seized ships in Strait of Hormuz as U.S. blockade continues amid ceasefire](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5795405/iran-middle-east-updates) [ that
ceasefire to the brink as Trump threatens Iran US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if it attacks United States ships as tensions around
Israel committed “flagrant” breaches of the ceasefire, including the US naval blockade, “the hostage-taking of the world’s economy” and “Zionist warmongering”. - **What has Donald Trump said?** The US president announced that
statement on Monday night making assurances there would be enough electricity to ensure that US and Iranian negotiators were not plunged into darkness for the duration of their meeting. Hello and welcome to our live
statement. - **Fears grow for jailed Nobel laureate:** Supporters of imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi warned that her health is in “catastrophic” decline and appealed for urgent international intervention. Her legal team said
statement](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0492) on Thursday, OFAC said it was also designating three leaders of the Iran-backed armed groups, Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS) and Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH). Together with
ceasefire in Lebanon had to be included in the memorandum of understanding that would lead to [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) allowing commercial shipping through the strait, and the US lifting its blockade of Iran
Trump said on Monday the [ceasefire was hanging by a thread](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/11/donald-trump-ceasefire-with-iran-on-life-support-reject-peace-proposals) due to Iran’s failure to make the concessions he is seeking over its nuclear programme. In the earlier fighting that
Trump. NNA reported that Israeli air and artillery strikes intensified across the south of the country on Wednesday, with attacks in a number of cities, towns and villages. It said nine people were killed when
Israel launched strikes against [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) on 28 February. Under the War Powers Act of 1973, the president can deploy troops to respond to an “imminent threat” but must receive congressional approval within
ceasefire on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep of Iran," he wrote on X. Iranian state TV later quoted a "senior military official" as saying that
statement. The IRGC on Saturday took a state television presenter to broadcast near [two vessels seized](/video/newsfeed/2026/4/23/iran-releases-video-of-irgc-seizing-ship-in-the-strait-of-hormuz) days earlier in the strait to report that Iran exercised “total control” over the waterway. ![Police officers stand