9 hours ago - Shortly after this announcement, President Trump made a Truth Social post, saying that the strait is completely open, but that the US naval blockade will remain until negotiations with Iran have concluded. On 18 April, Iran said that it closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to the refusal ...

1 month ago - Iran says it is closing the Strait of Hormuz again to commercial vessels and that any ship that approaches it will be targeted.

2 weeks ago - The Strait of Hormuz has never been truly closed, but shipping has been disrupted in the past and during the 2026 Iran war. The most well-known instance before 2026 was the so-called Tanker War in the 1980s, in which Iran and Iraq attacked oil ...

2 weeks ago - Oil and other energy supply disruptions have been roiling the world, causing price hikes and fuel shortages, since the Strait of Hormuz was effectively closed by Iran in response to Feb. 28 attacks by the United States and Israel.

13 hours ago - The Strait of Hormuz remains practically closed.

18 hours ago - As a reminder, earlier this month Iran and the US agreed to a conditional two-week ceasefire, during which they agreed shipping traffic will be allowed through the Strait of Hormuz. The vital shipping lane has today been closed again by Iran and ...

4 days ago - Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz remains open to commercial traffic, but ships must cooperate with the Iranian Navy.

1 month ago - Just a day before, the Iranian foreign minister said it was reopened, according to state media. President Trump also said the strait was open but left in place an American blockade on ships from Iranian ports.

3 hours ago - On 2 March, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officially confirmed that the Strait of Hormuz was closed and that any ship that entered the strait was to be set on fire. This came after several reports of Iranian attacks on ships passing ...

4 weeks ago - The Strait of Hormuz could remain closed for at least six months, a top defense department official reportedly warned lawmakers on Tuesday.

Live status of the Strait of Hormuz

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4 days ago - Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Friday suggested that the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has kept closed amid its ceasefire with the U.S., will reopen “sometime this summer at the latest.&#822…

2 days ago - Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has stranded about 20,000 sailors and indiscriminately harmed the economies of dozens of nations — many of them Indo-Pacific — whose ships and crews underpin international trade by moving crude oil and liquefied natural gas through the critical Middle East choke point.

3 days ago - Oil stockpiles cushioned the blow from the Middle East supply disruption, but inventories are falling at a record clip as the Strait of Hormuz stays closed.

1 month ago - The waterway has been effectively closed since March 2, following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. Although Tehran declared the strait open on April 17, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...

4 days ago - Iran has largely closed the strait of Hormuz, which previously carried about a quarter of the world’s seaborne supply of oil and gas, since the start of the US-Israeli bombing campaign.

1 week ago - While the processing of metals is not yet a crisis point, the longer the Strait of Hormuz ​remains effectively closed the closer that point becomes.

1 month ago - Any breach of commitments by the United States will receive an appropriate response.” · Iran officially closed the strait on 4 March in response to US-Israeli airstrikes on the country, and declared it back open on Friday after a 10-day ceasefire ...