The escalating Israel-Iran conflict has prompted shipowners to exercise an extra degree of caution in both the Red Sea and ...

The oil purchasing market keeps a special eye on the Strait of Hormuz as around a fifth of the world's total oil consumption ...

Israel has launched extensive strikes against Iran, targeting nuclear facilities and military assets to prevent Tehran from ...

The Strait of Hormuz is located between Iran to the north and Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the south. It connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, and then to the Arabian Sea.

Iran is considering closing the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian news agency IRINN ... which the agency describes as the “world’s most important oil transit chokepoint”. At its narrowest point ...

Iran has threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz on several occasions over the years, including in January 2012 in ...

Tehran is seriously considering the possibility of closing the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, which will greatly affect world ...

The closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz was being seriously reviewed by Iran, IRINN reported, citing statements by ...

Iran, which has denied such intentions, has in the past threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz for traffic in retaliation to Western pressure. Experts have said that any closure of the strait could ...

Iran considers closing the world’s most important oil corridor following Israeli attacks and the suspension of nuclear talks ...

Alhajji said economics would be an equally important factor ... Finally, cutting off the Strait of Hormuz would be counterproductive to Iran's relationship" with China, J.P. Morgan analysts ...