Iran closes Strait of Hormuz
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Lyse Doucet speaks to Ebrahim Azizi, who says Iran "will decide the right of passage" through the crucial shipping route.
After negotiations, U.S.-Iran talks in Pakistan failed to reach a peace deal. Trump said that Iran's nuclear program was the key sticking point, and said the U.S. would respond with a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz starting at 10 a.m. ET on Monday.
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine (D) said Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz must be reopened for all shipping traffic after Iran announced the waterway’s closure in response to the ongoing U.S. blockade. “If they’re going to be open,
Responding to the request, the Iranian deputy foreign minister said necessary directives had been issued to the relevant authorities, although the situation in the region remains tense
President Donald Trump says U.S. negotiators will head to Pakistan on Monday for another round of talks with Iran. The aim is to extend a fragile ceasefire set to expire by Wednesday.
Washington: The United States attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that it said tried to evade its naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz on Sund
Iran said it would skip a second round of US-Iran talks in Islamabad this week while the American naval blockade remained in place
Iran’s foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz was open for all commercial vessels for the remainder of the US-brokered 10-day ceasefire between