UN begins work to ensure safe shipping through Strait of Hormuz
The UN has confirmed the start of work to ensure the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz. This work began after a two-week ceasefire between the USA and Iran took effect.
The UN has confirmed the start of work to ensure the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz. This work began after a two-week ceasefire between the USA and Iran took effect.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz would be possible for a period of two weeks.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States will help with the buildup of shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
Oil prices have fallen sharply and stock markets have soared on news of a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
Russia and China have proposed an alternative and well-balanced draft UN Security Council resolution on the situation around Iran, including in the Strait of Hormuz, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said.
11 Security Council members voted in favor of the resolution, while Russia and China voted against it
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. could impose its own tolls on vessels trying to transit through the Strait of Hormuz - a strategy employed by Iran as it continues to control the key energy shipping choke point.
Tehran has rejected Washington's proposal for a temporary ceasefire, deeming a full-fledged peace necessary if a number of conditions are met.
Media reports indicate that Iranian authorities will require vessels from all countries, without exception, to pay transit fees through the Strait of Hormuz.
The US media reports indicate that the number of ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz has reached its highest level since the start of the war in Iran.
Turkish-owned crude oil vessel safely left Gulf via Strait of Hormuz, bringing the number of departed ships to three since the war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran began, Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said on Monday.
Fifteen ships transited the Strait of Hormuz over the past 24 hours after obtaining permission from Iran, Iranian media reported Sunday.
Iran has rejected a U.S. proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for a temporary cease-fire, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources.
China is willing to continue to cooperate with Russia at the U.N. Security Council and make efforts to cool down the Middle East situation, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a phone call on Sunday.
Representatives from the Iranian and Omani Foreign Ministries discussed the situation with shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and options for unimpeded passage of vessels.
The restrictions imposed by the country apply only to tankers and bulk carriers of hostile countries
The strait will remain completely closed to oil vessels belonging to "hostile" countries
Iran’s Armed Forces and government have allowed commercial ships carrying humanitarian cargo and essential goods to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim reported.
A second Turkish-flagged ship has successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing regional tensions, Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said Saturday.
The draft resolution on the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz proposed by Bahrain cannot be approved by the UN Security Council, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said following talks with top Egyptian diplomat Badr Abdel Aaty.