Hormuz

'Out-blockade Iran': Trump floats Hormuz naval blockade in post after Islamabad talks fail

“It would be very easy for the US Navy to exert complete control over what does and does not go up and down the Strait now,” the article, from Just the News, claimed.

US President Donald Trump walks toward reporters before answering questions prior to boarding Air Force One on April 10, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is traveling to Charlottesville, Virginia.
 A map showing the Strait of Hormuz and Iran is seen in this illustration taken June 22, 2025.

US says Iran lost track of mine locations spread in Strait of Hormuz, complicating reopening - NYT

An Israeli artillery unit fires near the Israeli-Lebanese border amid the ongoing war with Iran and Hezbollah, March 28, 2026.

Continued IDF ops. in Lebanon will ruin Iran peace talks in Islamabad, Iranian officials claim

A view of a residential building damaged by a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026.

US shouldn't negotiate with Iran until it realizes how badly it's losing - editorial


Iran made preparations to mine the Strait of Hormuz, US officials say

The loading of the mines - which have not been deployed in the strait - suggests that Tehran may have been serious about closing one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.

 A map showing the Strait of Hormuz and Iran is seen in this illustration taken June 22, 2025.

Iran says it has technology to build supersonic cruise missile

Supersonic missiles travel faster than sound and are incredibly difficult to defend against, now Iran claims to have acquired them

 A new hypersonic ballistic missile called "Fattah" with a range of 1400 km, unveiled by Iran

How a tanker and its crew that 'disappeared' for 10 days ended up in Iran

After disappearing from the UAE anchorage, there it was, off Hormuz Island near Iran, several hundred kilometers from its last known location on July 5, where it had been for months.

A crew member of the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 is seen on the bow as it sits anchored after it was seized earlier this month by British Royal Marines off the coast of the British Mediterranean territory

Iran’s IRGC: The Persian Gulf belongs to us

“We have the right to question any vessels entering the Straits of Hormuz and Iranian territorial waters,” naval commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said.

Iranian armed forces members march during the ceremony of the National Army Day parade in TeIranian armed forces members march during the ceremony of the National Army Day parade in Tehran, Iran September 22, 2019hran, Iran September 22, 2019

Rouhani says Iran resists sanctions, drives U.S. 'desperate'

Rouhani said the situation had become "instense" in the region and blamed it on Washington.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani listens during a news conference on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018

Iranian media: Attacks on Saudi Arabia means world needs Iran's oil

Since May, the one-year anniversary of the US leaving the 'Iran Deal,' Tehran has been seeking ways to pressure the world to stop America’s sanctions.

Malta-flagged Iranian crude oil supertanker "Delvar" is seen anchored off Singapore March 1, 2012. Western trade sanctions against Iran are strangling its oil exports even before they go into effect, a U.S. advisory body has found, amid warnings that any shortages will only push up crude prices and

Radical solutions to the Hormuz bottleneck

Iran’s dominance of the Strait of Hormuz has never satisfied its arch-enemy Saudi Arabia.

Iranian submarines participate in a naval parade on the last day of the Velayat-90 war game in the Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran January 3, 2012

UK to join US-led maritime security mission in Gulf

A British security source said the focus of the new mission would be protecting the security of shipping and Britain would not be joining U.S. sanctions against Iran.

A U.S. Marine observes an Iranian fast attack craft from USS John P. Murtha during a Strait of Hormuz transit, Arabian Sea off Oman, in this picture released by U.S. Navy on July 18, 2019

Iran seizes a foreign oil tanker in Gulf smuggling fuel to Arab states

"It carried 700,000 liters of fuel. Seven sailors onboard of the tanker, who are from different nationalities, were detained," TV quoted IRGC commander Ramezan Zirahi as saying.

Undated photograph shows the Mesdar, a British-operated oil tanker in Fawley, Britain obtained by Reuters on July 19, 2019

Radical solutions to the Hormuz bottleneck

Always aware of its potential power, Iran has from time to time chosen to demonstrate its muscle.

A crew member of the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 is seen on the bow as it sits anchored after it was seized earlier this month by British Royal Marines off the coast of the British Mediterranean territory