Strait of Hormuz - Page 2

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that starting Monday, the United States Navy will block ships from entering or exiting Iranian ports.

President Donald Trump announced Sunday the U.S. Navy will begin blockading ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the news coming after he said Iran promised to open the strait but ultimately did not.

The United States Navy has begun operations in preparation of clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said on Saturday.

President Donald Trump said Friday he is “optimistic” a deal with Iran is “within reach” ahead of high-stakes negotiations in Pakistan, while warning the United States is “loading up” its warships in the region and is prepared to resume military action if diplomacy collapses.

Vice President JD Vance heads to Islamabad, Pakistan, for negotiations with Iran amid the two-week ceasefire, marking a major moment for the 41-year-old vice president and the administration as a whole.

U.S. Central Command Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said Thursday the United States has achieved its core military objectives under Operation Epic Fury, declaring Iran “has suffered a generational military defeat” after its more than four-decade military buildup was systematically destroyed in under 40 days.

Ship-tracking services reported on Thursday that traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains at less than 10 percent of its normal level, despite Iran ostensibly promising to halt terror attacks on civilian vessels as part of its ceasefire agreement with the U.S. and Israel.

Undaunted by Iran’s claim that its ceasefire agreement was conditioned on Israel halting its operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched another round of airstrikes in Lebanon on Thursday.

UK, France, Japan promise contribution to securing the Persian Gulf, but despite weeks of notice they remain at talking, not doing, stage.

Brexit champion Nigel Farage has accused British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of having “fractured” the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States.

All U.S. forces now deployed near Iran will remain stationed in the area until a “real agreement” is reached with Tehran, President Donald Trump vowed late Wednesday night, as Washington enters a fragile two-week ceasefire and prepares for its “next conquest.”

The idea that the United States might accept an Iranian fee regime in the Strait of Hormuz has produced something close to panic in the usual quarters.

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz just a few hours into the ceasefire agreement due to Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

Stocks rose all around the world and oil prices plummeted on the hopes that a two-week ceasefire will lead to a longer-lasting peace agreement between the U.S. and Iran.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday morning the United States will work with Iran to remove enriched uranium from the destroyed sites bombed in Operation Midnight Hammer last June.

The U.S. will be “hangin’ around” in the Strait of Hormuz to “make sure that everything goes well”, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) stated that the two-week Iran ceasefire “is insufficient. We need a permanent end” to the war and also said that Iran having control of the Strait of

Pakistan’s prime minister is pressing President Donald Trump to grant a last-minute two-week extension to his Iran deadline as the clock ticks toward an 8 p.m. cutoff that could trigger sweeping U.S. strikes, offering a potential diplomatic off-ramp in the final hours.

The Islamist Iranian regime’s military threatened to expand their strikes against in Persian Gulf energy infrastructure and U.S. interests.

The conflict in the Middle East is already starting to bite in Europe, as multiple Italian airports announced jet fuel rationing measures this week.

President Donald Trump warned Iran “the entire country can be taken out in one night” as his Tuesday 8 p.m. Eastern Time deadline loomed, threatening a four-hour blitz he said could leave every bridge “decimated” and every power plant “burning, exploding and never to be used again” if Tehran fails to make a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump said Monday that “bullsh*t artists” in the Iranian regime have been “bullsh*tting” other American presidents for nearly five decades. 

The Iranian Foreign Ministry claimed on Monday that Sunday’s daring American rescue of a downed pilot might have been a “deception operation” for a failed attempt to steal Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium.

Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) revealed that he does not believe U.S. military ground troops will be “necessary” in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as Operation Epic Fury continues in Iran.

Blunt, unambiguous and straight to the point. That was President Donald Trump on Sunday morning as he warned Iran of the perils that lie ahead if it fails to open the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump revealed that “many of Iran’s Military Leaders” had been killed in a strike, adding that those leaders had led the country “poorly and unwisely.”

President Donald Trump on Saturday warned Iran that “time is running out” and gave the regime 48 hours to either “MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT” before “all Hell” would rain down, escalating his pressure campaign on the 36th day of Operation Epic Fury as the White House signaled that Tehran is rapidly running out of time to avoid even harsher consequences.

A pilot was safely recovered after an A-10 Warthog aircraft crashed near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, news outlets reported, though it remains unclear what its mission was at the time of the incident.

The finance ministers of Spain and four other European countries are urging the European Union to impose a bloc-wide windfall tax on energy companies, concerned that surging oil and gas prices driven by the war in Iran will fuel inflation and strain households.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen claimed on Thursday to have struck Tel Aviv, Israel, with a “barrage of ballistic missiles.”

South Korea, France, and Ukraine discussed taking steps to ensure the Strait of Hormuz is safe for commercial ships.

Western merchantman has openly transited the Hormuz Strait, raising questions over whether the French owners paid the $2 million ‘Tehran Tax’. 

President Donald Trump made a compelling case that other countries need to “step up when it comes to the Strait of Hormuz,” Tommy Pigott said.

The U.N. postponed an urgent vote set for Friday on approving the use of “defensive” force to protect shipping transiting the embattled Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks because of a mix-up over the date.

Socialist-ruled Spain was excluded from a international virtual summit led by the government of British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer that “discussed” possible joint actions towards reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized President Donald Trump ahead of his Iran address, arguing that he had brought the United States into an unwanted war, put U.S. troops in danger, and failed to address concerns at home.