The controversy began when US Energy Secretary Chris Wright posted on social media that an oil tanker had successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz under escort by the US Navy.

On Tuesday afternoon Energy Secretary Chris Wright deleted a social media post claiming the US Navy had successfully escorted an oil tanker through a key Iranian waterway known as the Strait of Hormuz,

Vice President JD Vance is set to lead a team of negotiators meeting with Iranian officials in Pakistan on Saturday, Leavitt said

The International Energy Agency will hold an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday to discuss a possible release of emergency stockpiles.

Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed in a letter to the U.N.'s International Maritime Organization (IMO) that the Strait of Hormuz, the critical maritime passage for the oil and shipping trades, is open to "non-hostile" vessels. In the letter, dated ...

Karoline Leavitt said reopening the Strait of Hormuz was not a "core objective" of winning the Iran War for President Trump.

U.S. President Donald Trump stated on the 11th that “the United States has begun clearing the Strait of Hormuz,” and it was confirmed that a U.S. Aegis-guided missile destroyer had entered the blocked section of the strait.