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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it was closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israel launching airstrikes on Lebanon, according to multiple reports.
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it was closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israel launching airstrikes on Lebanon, according to multiple reports.
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US military says traffic still flowing through Strait of Hormuz after Iran pledges to shut vital waterway
Iran's military accused the U.S. of not upholding the first point in the memorandum of understanding, with Israel remaining in Lebanese territory.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Israeli strikes in Gaza on Saturday killed at least six people, including two children and a cameraman with broadcaster Al Jazeera, according to Palestinian healt...
A new round of negotiations over the Middle East war is due to begin, with Iranian negotiators arriving in Switzerland hours ahead of US Vice President JD Vance, even as Tehran said it was...
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir also left for Switzerland
J.D. Vance left for Switzerland Saturday evening, but not before gaggling with reporters on the tarmac and declaring that the situation in Lebanon is improving. The post JD Vance Claims ‘Th...
Fifty-five ships had passed through the strait on Saturday, the U.S. military said. But then Iran’s military said it was closing the waterway once again.
Iranian state television says the country’s negotiating team is going to Switzerland.
U.S. and Iranian negotiators headed to a Swiss venue Saturday for talks on adding key details to their interim agreement to halt the war, hours after Tehran said it closed the Strait of Hor...
US Vice President JD Vance has said he hoped to "make progress on the nuclear issue, make progress on the Lebanon ceasefire issue" ahead of talks with Iranian negotiators.
Iran's central military command said "the Strait of Hormuz will be closed to vessel traffic" following Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
Iran's joint military command said the closure was in response to continued Israeli military operations in Lebanon.
Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed at least seven people, including two children, hours after reports emerged of a ceasefire agreement.
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill seven Lebanon's health ministry said late Saturday that fresh Israeli strikes in the south and east of the country had killed seven people. Five people, incl...
U.S. and Iranian negotiators headed to a Swiss venue Saturday for talks on adding key details to their interim agreement to halt the war, hours after Tehran said it closed the Strait of Hor...
President Trump just announced that the will not allow Iran to force tolls on ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz, either now or after the 60-day ceasefire deal. Here’s what he...
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz because of Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon. President Trump on Saturday threatened to impose U.S. tolls on the strait.
Vance pointed to what he described as a record-breaking amount of oil moving through the critical trading corridor over the last 24 hours, suggesting that the strait was not closed.
Angered by Israel's continued attacks in Lebanon, Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz and can't foresee much happening in Switzerland negotiations.
Angered by Israel's continued attacks in Lebanon, Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz and can't foresee much happening in Switzerland negotiations.
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon.
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon.
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon.
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon.
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon.
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon.
U.S. and Iranian negotiators are on their way to a venue in Switzerland to discuss details of their interim agreement to halt the war.
The Israeli military accused Ahmed Wishah of being a "Hamas sniper operative", without providing evidence.
The US-Iran memorandum of understanding does not rule out future tolls in the strait after an initial 60-day period.
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A high-level Iranian team arrived in Switzerland today for peace talks with the U.S., Iranian state media reported, as U.S. Vice President JD Vance departed Washington for meetings that Pak...
The Trump administration did not seek congressional authorization for the Iran War, which began when the U.S. and Israel launched strikes against Iran on Feb. 28
Vice President JD Vance departed for Switzerland on Saturday ahead of technical-level talks on an interim ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran that aims to permanently halt fighting, re...
Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again. The U.S. military says traffic is still flowing. NPR's Jane Arraf reports from Beirut.
Iranian state television says the country’s negotiating team is going to Switzerland.
Set-back comes as US vice-president heads to Switzerland for peace talks with negotiators from the Islamic republic
U.S. CENTCOM has responded to claims that Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz. As WLT Report previously reported Iran’s […]
Iran’s joint military command said the strait was closed because of the U.S. “clear breach of its commitments” by failing to end the war.
Nonetheless, Israel said to rebuff private US request to withdraw from Lebanon; president says relationship with Netanyahu is 'good, but we have to keep him a little bit sane'
President Donald Trump said that no tolls will be imposed in the Strait of Hormuz by Iran after the 60-day ceasefire. In a post on Truth Social, Trump addressed one of the central concerns...
Nobody, especially not Iraq, wants to be caught relying on Hormuz ever again. Iraq is preparing to export crude oil and naphtha through Syria's Mediterranean port of Baniyas, expanding an e...
Stephen Prager for Common Dreams Israel’s attempts to sabotage the peace agreement between the United States and Iran appear to be working again, with its relentless attacks on Lebanon repo...
Iran said Saturday it is closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli strikes against Lebanon, state and semiofficial media reported.
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