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A motorboat passes a general cargo ship anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Sunday, September 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The new head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on Sunday (September 6, 2026) said Tehran plans to announce an “exclusion zone” outside the Strait of Hormuz aimed at…
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Tehran envisages itself as overseeing the strait and wishes to impose fees on transiting vessels — a demand Washington has strongly rejected. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s parliament has begun work on a bill on the Strait of Hormuz, the head of the security committee said on Tuesday (July 14, 2026), as fighting flared…
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Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on July 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. military insisted on Sunday (July 12, 2026) that ships are moving through the Strait of Hormuz despite Iran’s claim to have closed it in the latest flare-up of the war in West Asia. Also…
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Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on June 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s top joint military command said on Saturday (June 20, 2026) that the Strait of Hormuz would be closed to vessel traffic, citing alleged violations of a ceasefire agreement by the U.S. and Israel, Iran’s Mehr…
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Iran’s top security body announced on Monday (May 18, 2026) the formation of a new body to manage the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has effectively closed and wants to charge ships to traverse. On its official X account, the Supreme National Security Council…
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Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish speaks during an event titled “Ancient Trade Routes: The Journey of INSV Kaundinya”, co-organized by the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations and the Oman Mission to the UN at the UN Headquarters, in New York on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Targeting…
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A view of Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska as the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer USS Spruance conducts its interception in a location given as the north Arabian Sea, in this screen capture from a video released on April 19, 2026. Photo: CENTCOM/Handout via Reuters The United States attacked and seized an…
Women hold Iranian flags and a portrait of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a state-organized rally in support of the supreme leader marking in Tehran, Iran, on April 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: Vahid Salemi Iran’s “valiant navy” is “ready to inflict new bitter defeats on its enemies,” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei…
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defence said Sunday (March 22) three ballistic missiles were detected around the capital, as the kingdom and its Gulf neighbours face Iranian strikes in retaliation for U.S.-Israeli attacks. “One missile was intercepted, while the other two fell in an uninhabited area,” a spokesperson for the Ministry posted on social media. Early…
French President Emmanuel Macron chairs a video conference of G7 leaders to discuss the fallout of the war in Iran on the world economy, on March 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The leaders of the G7 group of nations — the United States, Canada, Japan, Italy, Britain, Germany and France — agreed to examine…