Iran's foreign minister said Sunday that every vessel wanting to cross the Strait of Hormuz must first clear it with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps..
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a Singapore-flagged container ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, forcing the United Nations maritime agency to temporarily halt its plan to evacuate trapped vessels from the waterway and throwing global shipping into fresh turmoil.
President Trump threatened Sunday to seize control of the Strait of Hormuz and impose American tolls on the critical waterway if Iran fails to reach a final nuclear deal within 60 days, hours after Tehran announced it was closing the strait again in response to Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon.
A U.S. Navy unmanned surface vessel pulled off a remarkable rescue in the volatile waters near the Strait of Hormuz Monday, retrieving two American Apache helicopter pilots after their gunship went down during patrol operations.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday the United States will reopen the Strait of Hormuz with or without Iran's cooperation, as Washington and Tehran close in on a peace deal that could end the war and relieve the worst energy crisis in a generation.
President Trump provided an update on negotiations with Iran, urging other Middle Eastern countries to join the Abraham Accords after "all the work done by the United States to try and pull this very complex puzzle together."
President Trump said Friday he did not ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to pressure Iran into reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the vital oil corridor that Tehran blockaded in early March after U.S. and Israeli airstrikes targeted the Islamic republic.
As President Donald Trump meets face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, his administration is making an aggressive push to recruit America's top economic rival into the fight against Iranian aggression in the Persian Gulf.
