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threats once again. A lasting end to the violence feels possible, but so does a renewed round of fighting – and more death, destruction and economic pain. JD Vance, the US vice-president, [is expected
Trump to send the maritime self-defence forces to the [strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/strait-of-hormuz). On Sunday – constitutional memorial day – an estimated 50,000 people gathered at a park in Tokyo in support
Hormuz, a narrow choke point between Iran and Oman through which a fifth of the world’s crude oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes, because of Iranian threats and attacks against vessels
Hormuz** within one month and aims for an agreement on Iran's nuclear program within two months. U.S. sanctions are a [key obstacle in these talks](https://one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5834813:x), NPR's Daniel Estrin tells
Strait of Hormuz open, but Iran's nuclear program remained a central issue. Speaking during a joint news conference with his German counterpart in Berlin, Fidan said much of Iran's enriched uranium that could
Trump said on social media Thursday he had ordered the U.S. Navy to "shoot and kill any boat" trying to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking at a Pentagon news conference on Friday
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”. Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at the Crisis Group, said: “DC’s Iran hawks got two wars, nearly every conceivable sanction designation, a blockade, threw a wrench in the global
threat, the status of the strait of Hormuz will remain as it was previously. Any breach of commitments by the United States will receive an appropriate response.” The UK’s Maritime Trade Operations Centre said
Trump [told Bloomberg News](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-20/trump-says-iran-truce-extension-unlikely-hormuz-to-stay-blocked) on Monday that a renewal of the ceasefire was "highly unlikely." Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran's chief negotiator and parliament speaker, accused the United States late Monday
Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil transit chokepoint through which roughly a fifth of global energy exports passes. “The White House is left with a set of bad options,” said Allison Minor
Hormuz, and claimed his representatives were having “very positive” discussions with Iran. Trump wrote on his social media site that what he called Project Freedom would be a humanitarian gesture “on behalf of the United
threats to national security but also the generation of content that Beijing finds objectionable. Read more of Blake’s analysis here: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of [US politics](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-politics). **Donald
threats to the agreement came as a planned formal ceremony marking the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran on Friday was cancelled. Trump and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, have
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
Trump’s plans appeared to be geared more towards rescuing stranded seafarers than restoring maritime traffic in the strait. “Global observable oil inventories are starting to fall sharply, which should weigh on market sentiment more
Trump did not comment on the war Sunday, but in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" that aired after a Friday taping he said he would like to see a "more surgical attack
threats,” Ghalibaf [wrote](https://x.com/mb_ghalibaf/status/2046339369884086287), adding that Iran had “prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield” over the previous two weeks. Iran’s judiciary chief, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, said separately that Tehran must
Strait of Hormuz must remain open and Tehran can receive “real benefits” if it “behaves”. “If they stop funding terrorism … they actually can get some real benefits. If they don’t do any of that
Strait of Hormuz, which has been in effect closed for weeks since the launch of US-Israeli attacks on Iran, and which has been the site of multiple attacks and seizures of ships during that