Closing the Strait of Hormuz is one of the ways Iran could retaliate after the U.S. bombed three of the country’s nuclear ...

The Iranian parliament backed a move to close a major oil and gas route, after American airstrikes in the country.

As U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities drive fears of retaliation, it remains to be seen whether Iran will try to ...

If Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, gas prices in the U.S. could surge due to disrupted global oil shipments.

Iran’s threat to shut Homruz comes as a vessel crashed into two ships sailing nearby, 22 nautical miles east of Khor Fakkan in the UAE. The Emirati national guard said it evacuated 24 people from an ...

Iran’s parliament has voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, the vital shipping channel through which around 20% of the world’s ...

The current situation draws parallels with the “Tanker Wars” of the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq conflict, when oil tankers ...

The strait lies between Oman and Iran and links the Gulf north of it with the Gulf of Oman to the south and the Arabian Sea ...

The Strait of Hormuz – a mere 21 nautical miles wide at its narrowest point – is a passage so narrow, yet so powerful, that a ...

Iran has long used the threat of closing the Strait, through which around 20% of global oil and gas demand flows ...

Iran’s top security council is considering whether to close the Strait of Hormuz after parliament reportedly endorsed the ...

The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow maritime passage between Iran and Oman, is the primary route for Persian Gulf oil exports.