The United States and Iran are locked in a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz.

Tanker traffic through the Strait or Hormuz has plunged during the war, triggering the largest oil supply disruption in history.

Iran says it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels.

“With the continuation of the blockade, the Strait of Hormuz will not remain open,” parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says.

The United States and Iran are locked in a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz.

New attacks on the strait, through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil normally passes, threatened to deepen the global energy crisis.

IRGC reportedly fires on tanker as it tries to pass through strait after brief window when strait had reopened

A day after the Strait of Hormuz was declared open, Iran has blocked it again, citing a U.S. "breach of promise," and has fired on ships.

Iran and the US continued to accuse each other of piracy as Tehran seized back control of the Strait of Hormuz

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Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions with the U.S. amid an ongoing blockade and military confrontations.