the Strait of Hormuz Archives

August 19, 2026 10:58 AM

Trump says no talks planned with Iran, Tehran says Strait of Hormuz still shut

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday no talks were taking place with Iran and insisted the Strait of Hormuz was open, contradicting Iran's assertion that the critical waterway remained shut to shipping. The receding prospects of a deal to end...

August 14, 2026 11:15 AM

Hormuz shipping traffic capped amid competing claims from US and Iran

Shipping traffic at the Strait of Hormuz fell below the month average towards the end of the week due to volatile sentiment between the United States and Iran, with both countries making competing claims over its control. The Strait of Hormuz is "un...

August 11, 2026 11:43 AM

Gulf shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz falls to six vessels

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to six on Monday, compared with a 10-day average of about 11 vessels, shipping data showed, amid fading hopes of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran. Four commodity vessels, including two empty o...

August 10, 2026 8:37 AM

Iran ties Hormuz reopening to US concessions on several demands

Iran said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the U.S. must meet other conditions, including compensation and an end to sanctions and military threats, before t...

July 27, 2026 9:05 AM

Global shares, bonds bounce as oil skid offers inflation relief

Share markets rallied in Asia on Monday as a pause in fighting in the Gulf dragged oil prices sharply lower, easing inflation risks and boosting bonds ahead of a packed week of central bank meetings and corporate earnings. Iran said on Sunday it wou...

July 23, 2026 10:22 AM

‘Defence doctrine clear: eye for an eye’: Iran vows decisive response against ‘any aggression’

Iran on Wednesday warned that any aggression against the country, including attacks on its infrastructure, would be met with a "powerful and decisive response," as tensions with the United States continued to escalate over the Strait of Hormuz and th...

July 21, 2026 4:51 PM

Iranian forces target Bahrain and Kuwait after US hits Iran’s south

U.S. forces bombed targets in southern Iran overnight after President Donald Trump said Tehran would pay dearly for the deaths of American soldiers, while Iran targeted U.S. sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan and a tanker was hit in the Strait of Ho...

July 16, 2026 3:31 PM

Fewer vessels travel through Hormuz after US resumes blockade

Fewer vessels travelled through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the first day after the U.S. reimposed its naval blockade on Iranian ports with both countries escalating strikes across the Gulf, shipping data showed. Nine vessels crossed the stra...

July 16, 2026 1:53 PM

Iran warns Strait of Hormuz is a ‘red line’ and will resist until the end

Iran said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz was an inviolable "red line", warning that if U.S. President Donald Trump carried out his threat to attack Iran's infrastructure, it would strike all infrastructure across the Gulf region. The U.S. lau...

July 15, 2026 2:57 PM

After Hormuz, Iran turns to Red Sea gateway as new pressure point

Having choked off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is now signaling it could play its most dangerous card yet: using Yemen's Houthi allies to shut the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea, opening a new front against Washington and putting...