TEHRAN: Iran has announced that a temporary transit corridor agreed with Oman in the Strait of Hormuz will be seven miles wide, while stressing that the arrangement does not mean the strategic waterway has been fully reopened. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the agreed route would allow commercial vessels to pass through a...
LONDON: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has called for urgent international intervention to secure the safe return of 10 Pakistani sailors being held captive by Somali pirates. Dar made the appeal during a meeting with International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez in London on Monday. According to Pakistan’s Foreign Office,...
Iran has warned that it could block additional strategic maritime routes if the United States continues to tighten pressure through an expanded naval blockade ordered by US President Donald Trump. The latest warning marks a significant escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran, raising concerns about global trade and energy security. According to Iranian officials,...
Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz intensified after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reportedly disabled two commercial vessels attempting to navigate the strategic waterway amid an expanding United States naval blockade on Iranian ports. The latest incident marks another significant escalation in the ongoing confrontation between Tehran and Washington. According to reports, the two...
The United States has begun enforcing a naval blockade on Iranian ports, marking a major escalation in the ongoing conflict, even as global oil prices eased on expectations of renewed diplomatic talks. The blockade, which came into effect on Monday, targets vessels linked to Iranian ports while allowing transit for ships not associated with Iran....