AFP28 Jun, 2026 05:51 PM4 mins to readIran's warning over the Strait of Hormuz applies to all shipping in the region as tensions remain high. Photo / AFPIran's warning over the Strait of Hormuz applies to all shipping in the region as tensions remain high. Photo / AFPIran’s top diplomat warned that any attempt by shipping to bypass its preferred route through the Strait of Hormuz would “increase tensions” in the Middle East, as US and Iranian forces again traded attacks across the vital seaway.

The exchanges underscored the fragility of a Pakistan-brokered agreement aimed at ending