Hormuz
What is Pakistan's army chief doing in Iran as tensions with US escalate? - analysis
The visit comes as the US appears to be considering new strikes on Iran. Israel is also on edge as elections approach. There are many factors at play.
Sanctions strangle Iranian economy as IRGC goes on high alert over civil unrest risks - analysis
Iranian fishermen scramble for loot from sunken container ship after explosion
UK Maritime confirms tanker struck by drone in vicinity of Oman's Sohar port
Iran's Strait of Hormuz strategy exposes the limits of destruction - opinion
Airpower temporarily shattered Iran’s arsenal, but the Hormuz Strait proved a harsher truth: the real fight is over the narrow corridor where even a weaker force can bend global power to its will
Iran advances plan to charge vessels fees for Strait of Hormuz passage
Under Articles 38 and 44 of UNCLOS, Iran cannot suspend, impede, or charge tolls for vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump declares Strait of Hormuz as 'new US territory,' day after MoU deadline expires
When asked whether he was working to extend the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Trump declined to answer and shook his head no.
'We won the war, won diplomacy': Araghchi says Iran pushed US war so it could control ceasefire
Araghchi concluded by saying that "those who tried to impose unconditional surrender on Iran begged for negotiations shortly after the war began."
Trump confirms IRGC backchannel, threatens to 'bomb the s***' out of Oman if it 'gets in the way'
Later on Monday, Trump told reporters that Iran won't make the deal he thinks is needed, and that Washington will not extend the MoU.
US-Iran talks hit new impasse as MoU's 60-day deadline expires with no deal
On Monday afternoon, Saudi news channel Al Arabiya reported that the US and Iran have agreed to extend a 60-day ceasefire.
Shipping slows through Strait of Hormuz after tanker attacks, data shows
Some ships may pass through undetected with transponders off, but the figures are far from the more than 130 ships a day that traversed the Strait of Hormuz before the war.
Iran claims control of Strait of Hormuz, rejecting Trump’s claim of US total dominance
The remarks came a day after US President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that the US had "total control" of the strategic waterway.
Hormuz blockade is 'worse than war’: Iranian official says US blockade would cost Iran $18 billion
“We must not get used to the blockade as we did with sanctions,” Majidreza Hariri told Iranian site Khabar Online. “We should impose the cost of lifting the blockade on the US, even through war."
Trump returns to an old weapon: Behind US's decision to economically choke Iran - analysis
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said last month that the administration’s economic policy had sent the Iranian currency into "free fall" and pushed inflation into triple-digit rates.
