Iran, Trump and Strait of Hormuz
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Iran reimposes Hormuz closure after US maintains blockade; IRGC gunboats fire at shipsTehran warns it will continue to block strait as long as Trump blockades Iran-linked shipping; US president says blockade 'in full force' until regime reaches a deal, including on its nuclear program The post Iran reimposes Hormuz closure after US maintains blockade;
Trump says the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will remain and attacks will resume if no agreement is reached with Iran.
Earlier in the day, Iran announced that it was reimposing restrictions on the strait in response to a US blockade on Iranian shipping and ports. Iran has prevented vessels from crossing throughout the seven-week-long war,
Fatih Birol of the International Energy Agency, who orchestrated a multinational release of oil reserves, detailed the risks facing the economy now and beyond.
The U.S. and Iran remain deadlocked in the Strait of Hormuz, with no clear way forward.
DUBAI, May 12 (Reuters) - Iran has expanded its definition of the Strait of Hormuz into a "vast operational area" far wider than before the Iran war, according to a senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy.
The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Defense announced that the country’s air defenses are “actively engaging” with a missile and drone attack as the Iran war’s shaky ceasefire was again challenged.
UAE secretly ships crude through Hormuz with trackers disabled as regional conflict disrupts global oil supplies.