Having escalated into open hostilities on February 28, 2026, the current United States and Iran war has been going on for nearly five months. In this period, the Strait of Hormuz, the only open-ocean exit for major producers like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and the UAE has been in chokehold.

Iran reasserts control over the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing conflict. Traffic normalization by August 31 at 13.5% YES.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vowed Tuesday to keep the strait closed as long as U.S. “wrongdoing in the region” continued.