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August 14, 2026 11:14 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 "under Iran's control and management", the recently appointed head of Iran's Basij paramilitary unit said on Thursday. Meanwhile, the United States on Thursday said it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely and would ratchet up economic p...

August 5, 2026 12:26 PM

US and Iran having ‘very good discussions’, Trump says

U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration had "very good discussions" with Iran during all-day negotiations on Tuesday, fuelling expectations of an imminent end to the five-month conflict. Oil prices fell and stocks jumped in Asian trade on Wednesday after Wall Street hit record highs on hopes that a deal could soon be reached to restore traffic through the blockaded Strait of Hormuz. "They had an all-day negotiation," Trump told Fox News' "@ Night" show. The Strait of Hormuz "is goi...

July 18, 2026 9:47 AM

US and Iran target infrastructure as strait shipping comes under further attack

The United States on Friday launched a seventh straight night of attacks on Iran, which in turn struck U.S. allies in the Gulf, as both sides targeted infrastructure while shipping in the Strait of Hormuz came under further assault. At sea, where the renewed conflict has again cut off energy supplies from the Gulf, U.S. Marines boarded a tanker near the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian media reported, citing Iran's Revolutionary Guards, that two oil tankers exploded and caught fire after passing throu...

June 30, 2026 9:10 AM

US and Iran negotiators head to Doha, but meeting uncertain

Iranian and U.S. negotiating teams were due in Doha this week, but Iran said on Monday no meeting had been scheduled as weekend missile fire from both sides tested the interim ceasefire to end the four-month-old war. U.S. President Donald Trump is sending his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his envoy Steve Witkoff to lead the negotiating team, according to his press secretary Karoline Leavitt. While Iran is sending its technical delegation to Qatar this week, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil ...

June 15, 2026 5:49 PM

What the US and Iran say they have agreed in the memorandum to end the war

This is what the U.S. and Iran, along with mediator Pakistan, have said about what is in the preliminary deal they have announced to end the war. HOW THE DEAL WILL BE PHASED AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said both sides had declared an immediate and permanent end of all military operations. All sides have said the memorandum of understanding on an ‌end to the war will be signed in Switzerland on Friday. Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi s...