US President Donald Trump is willing to end the West Asia conflict without a deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme if the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened, The Wall Street Journal reported Tehran’s latest demands suggest that Trump’s options of walking away from the conflict have narrowed even further, (Bloomberg) The report suggests that Trump…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed that Iran would not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, regardless of whether Tehran reaches an agreement with the United States or diplomacy produces a broader deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a session at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, before it dissolves ahead of the 2026…
US Vice President JD Vance said on Saturday that Washington was ‘in the middle of the game’ in the Iran situation, trying to establish ‘a safe route’ in the Strait of Hormuz, even as Iran reiterated conditions for its reopening. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said that negotiators are closing in on temporary lanes for…
Crew members aboard about 80 Hong Kong-owned ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz for five months have enough supplies and access to video counselling, an industry representative has said, adding that the seafarers face little immediate danger despite the stand-off. Kenneth Lam Sze-kin, deputy chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, said on Wednesday…
WASHINGTON — Iran’s parliament is weighing a sweeping new law that would block ships from the US, Israel and other “hostile” nations from sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Tehran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency. The proposed legislation, dubbed the “Strategic Action for the Security and Sustainable Development of the Strait of Hormuz and…
Iran has seized de facto control over the strait since the war began An oil tanker reported hearing explosions while transiting the Hormuz strait near Oman, a British maritime agency said Thursday, as Tehran and Muscat hold talks to jointly manage the key waterway. “The Master of a tanker has reported hearing two explosions whilst…
Iran has effectively maintained control over navigation through Hormuz Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Friday that they had struck two tankers attempting to pass though the strategic Strait of Hormuz under the “air escort” of the US military. The IRGC said the “non-compliant oil tankers… were struck and brought to a halt, while four other oil…
For a few weeks this summer you could look at the oil price and forget the Iran war had ever happened. In June America signed a deal with Iran, waiving sanctions on its enemy’s oil exports in exchange for ships’ safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. As tankers rushed to exit the Gulf, a…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday claimed responsibility for attacks on several Saudi oil facilities. The Iran-backed group said the strikes were carried out in retaliation for Saudi drone incursions into Yemeni airspace, Reuters reported. Sailors from the navy of Yemen’s Aden-based internationally recognised government stand at machine-gun positions aboard a vessel patrolling a shipping lane…
For the first time in nearly two weeks, America has not launched new strikes against Iran in the past 48 hours. The lull comes after 13 consecutive nights of American bombing and 12 attacks by Iran on ships in the Persian Gulf since July 6th, essentially shutting the Strait of Hormuz once more. The ceasefire…