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Last week, Iran assumed the position it had long threatened to take, that of the troll under the bridge determining which ships can pass into and out of the Persian Gulf. Maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was throttled down to almo
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A British monitoring agency says three ships in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz were struck in separate incidents on March 11, a day after several US media reported Iran had started laying mines in the strategic passagepoint. The UN meanwhile has urged for 'humanitarian exemptions' to get
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Traffic through the key waterway is increasingly conditional and has been limited to about two ships per day, compared with about 100 previously.
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By wresting control of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has turned the tables on US
Sean Mathews
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Tue, 03/17/2026 - 20:08
If the US fails to push Iran out of Hormuz or washes its hands of the waterway, the repercussions will ripple across global trade and finance, experts say
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Strait of Hormuz 'won’t return to its pre-war status', Iranian official says
Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, wrote that “the Strait of Hormuz situation won’t return to its pre-war status”, in a post on X on Tuesday.
Ghalibaf did not elaborate further.
US President Donald
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Two Indian-flagged tankers together carrying over 92,000 metric tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas have arrived at ports in Gujarat state after safely passing through the Strait of Hormuz. New Delhi has been negotiating with Iran, but the government denies discussing the possible release of Iranian
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