Explosion heard near Iran's Qeshm Island in Hormuz
An explosion was heard near Qeshm Island in southern Iran's Hormozgan province yesterday evening, state media reported.
An explosion was heard near Qeshm Island in southern Iran's Hormozgan province yesterday evening, state media reported.
Iran said that U.S. and Israeli-linked commercial vessels seized during the war in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf will be sold with the proceeds distributed to families affected by the conflict.
The United States has proposed investing $5 bln in a new fund that would help Middle East countries rebuild energy infrastructure, The Wall Street Journal reported.
A merchant vessel was struck by an unidentified projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, causing minor injuries to two crew members.
Commercial vessel transit through the Strait of Hormuz fell threefold on September 19-20 compared with the previous weekend amid a stalemate in negotiations between the United States and Iran, Reuters reported, citing data from analytics firm Kpler.
Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi has ruled out using pipelines as an alternative route for Qatar’s liquefied natural gas exports.
Qatari Energy Minister Saad Al-Kaabi said U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is “wrong” when he said that the strategic Strait of Hormuz will be worthless in two years.
According to the Financial Times, container ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz towards the Persian Gulf fell by 94% between March 1 and September 7 this year.
Iranian authorities have announced that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the US government accepts all of Tehran's conditions for resolving the conflict.
About half of the vessels were tankers, carrying a combined cargo of about 1 bln barrels of oil
According to Reuters, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen to four vessels, down from about 16 per day previously.
Another oil tanker attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz was stopped after being struck by the IRGC, which said a fire broke out on the vessel.
A spokesperson for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), U.S. Navy Captain Tim Hawkins said traffic through the strait “continues to flow” while rejecting the suggestion that Iran controls the waterway.
The authorities of Iran and Oman have reached an agreement on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. "The Iranian side …
The number of ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz dropped to a minimum on Tuesday, with only two entering and two exiting, Reuters reported, citing the Kpler analytics firm.
U.S. President Donald Trump said that countries around the world will reimburse the U.S. for the cost of helping oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz.
The Algaya supertanker hit naval mines while attempting to pass through a prohibited zone in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz, the press service of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said.
The US Navy has begun protecting tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, Chris Wright reported. He added that the US possesses precise data on the number of vessels traversing this waterway.
Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority, set up by Iran to manage requests of passage in the Strait of Hormuz, published on Monday an updated list of 77 vessels "violating Iranian protocols for the Strait of Hormuz".
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has provided an update on its ongoing naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.