What is the Strait of Hormuz? The Strait is narrow, stretching roughly 31 miles at its widest point. Iran is on its north bank opposite Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Iranian parliament on Sunday approved closure of the Strait of Hormuz, though the final decision will be made by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Iranian state media reported. While ...

In the U.S., the agency reported that oil imports through the Strait of Hormuz only accounted for 7% of the country's total oil imports and 2% of its liquid petroleum consumption over the same period.

That same day, Ali Fadavi, the commander of Iran's Naval Revolutionary Guards, suggested to Iranian state media that the world could not persevere even 24 hours without the Strait of Hormuz.

DUBAI (Reuters) -Hardline Iranian lawmaker Esmail Kosari said any closure of the Strait of Hormuz was still under review but no decision has yet been made, in comments carried by Iran's state ...

Hormuz is a main transit line critical to roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil trade. Reports indicate that a closure in the strait could result in crude oil prices spiking to $100 a barrel.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on China to step in to urge Iran not to block the Strait of Hormuz — a trade passage that is crucial for the transit of oil around the world — in response ...

Oil market concerns over Middle East hostilities became almost exclusively focused over the past week on the Strait of Hormuz and the potential for short-term disruption. That’s what analysts at ...

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Iran will block the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway through which a fifth of the world's oil flows, if its interests are seriously threatened, a senior ...

Tankers are seen at the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal in the Sharjah Emirate along the Strait of Hormuz on June 23, 2025. Credit - Giuseppe Cacace—Getty Images Iran has threatened to close the ...