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 UK will not join Donald Trump’s naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a week after telling Iran ‘Open the F*****’ Strait, you crazy b******s, or you’ll be living in hell’. The President announced his warships will immediately stop marine traffic entering or leaving the vital pinchpoint in the Gulf – and teased on Truth Social that other countries would be joining.

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 ...