Iran's battered navy has reportedly warned foreign ships on Wednesday that they will be "destroyed" if they attempt to cross the Strait of Hormuz without permission from Tehran.
Despite the cease-fire with the United States, Iran may not be planning to play nice with the Strait of Hormuz. A Wall Street Journal report indicates that…
Iran attempted to clear up why ships have refrained from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, claiming the danger of mines made travel without the coordination of Iran’s military hazardous. Only four ships passed through the strait in the first 24 hours of the ceasefire, none of them oil or gas tankers, and passage stopped…
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had closed the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to a ceasefire that required the waterway to remain open.Iran had threatened to close the strait again on Wednesday morning due to Israeli strikes in Lebanon. For his part, Trump insisted that Lebanon had never been part of the…
Iran reportedly intends to require ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz to pay the cryptocurrency equivalent of $1 per barrel of oil on board during the two-week ceasefire with the U.S. Hamid Hosseini, a spokesperson for Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union, which works with Iran’s government, told the Financial Times about the…
A chart published by Iranian news agencies showed a large circle marked “danger zone” in Farsi over the route ships take through the strait.
President Trump says he's considering a "joint venture" in which the U.S. and Iran charge tolls for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a major passage for oil tankers and a key point of leverage in the Middle East conflict.
