Hormuz
Trump says US carried out 'minor strikes' on Iran’s Qeshm Island after explosions, aircraft heard
Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said earlier that initial reports indicated that two missiles had struck Qeshm Island, adding that there was no official information on possible damage.
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What is the importance of Qeshm Island to Iran, why does the US keep targeting it? - explainer
Xi Jinping warns against great-power conflict in the Gulf as China, Oman eye trade pact
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.
Gulf states pay the price as shipping crisis exposes costly dependence on the Strait of Hormuz
"A lot of the necessities, and I'm talking food, that these Gulf nations require - Kuwait, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia - comes in by boat," and flying in goods is causing prices to rise.
Trump says Strait of Hormuz is 'sort of open right now,' believes Iran 'can't go much longer'
On Wednesday, the White House refuted reports that Trump and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had argued about a lack of munitions in the wake of the war with Iran.
