US Iran War News LIVE: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said that any US aggression against Iranian islands in the Gulf will prompt Tehran to “abandon all restraint.”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Attacks on commercial ships in the Persian Gulf continued on Wednesday, as global energy concerns mounted and the Strait of Hormuz, a key passageway for oil shipping, remained effectively closed. The attacks came as the ...

Iran conflict halts Strait of Hormuz tanker traffic, risking global oil supply. Here’s why the narrow Gulf passage is vital and how it impacts crude prices.

The Strait of Hormuz is the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which about a fifth of the world's oil passes. Tankers traveling through the strait, which is bordered in the north by Iran, carry oil and gas from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE and Iran. Most of that oil goes to Asia.

Attacks by the U.S. and Israel on Iran, and Iranian missile and drone attacks on neighboring countries, have disrupted oil and gas supplies to the rest of the world — and dealt an energy price

Iran is continuing to target energy infrastructure across the Gulf. Iraq paused operations at all of its oil ports after an attack on two tankers and Oman has evacuated all ships from its main export terminal.