Shipping in Strait of Hormuz still at a trickle despite US-Iran ceasefire
Washington and Tehran accuse each other of not honouring truce agreement.
Washington and Tehran accuse each other of not honouring truce agreement. Grouped from 20 articles across 9 sources.
Ranked reports inside the event cluster. Open any publisher link to read the original coverage.
Washington and Tehran accuse each other of not honouring truce agreement.
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was at a virtual standstill Thursday, with only a handful of ships passing through the vital waterway since the announcement of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire
In an annual foreign policy speech, Cooper is expected to say that shipping must be toll-free through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.
Only about a dozen ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the first two days of the ceasefire, far below normal traffic levels before the war, data shows.
Few ships passed through the waterway Wednesday and Thursday despite a ceasefire agreement that was supposed to open the waterway key to transiting oil across the globe.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister says the Strait of Hormuz is open but ships must coordinate with Iranian forces.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday warned Iran to "stop now" if it was charging tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
April 9 - British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will say on Thursday that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which carries around a fifth of the world's oil and gas, must be toll-free, countering a push by Iran to control the vital waterway.
The U.N.'s shipping agency warned on Thursday that any toll imposed on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz would set a "dangerous precedent."
War has put Europe in an uneasy position trying to maintain its support for the U.S. as a key NATO ally
The fragility of the truce was the main reason ships were holding back on travel through the waterway.
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber demanded a full reopening of the strait, warning that the oil supply disruption will increase if Iran maintains control of the passage.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said more work is needed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Only a few vessels have crossed the strait since the US-Iran ceasefire deal, according to BBC Verify analysis.
Tehran's plans to tax ships passing through the strait and raise money to rebuild is already seeing pushback.
Amid the two-week ceasefire with Iran, multiple nations in the Middle East reported new strikes on Wednesday. In Lebanon, Israel said it struck 100 Hezbollah targets in just 10 minutes. Pakistani officials who brokered the ceasefire insisted the deal included Lebanon, but Israel and the White House disagreed. Meanwhile, Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Nancy Cordes has the latest.
Iran is reportedly planning to demand that shipping firms pay tolls in cryptocurrency to let their oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran has agreed to temporarily reopen the Strait of Hormuz as part of a two-week truce.
President Donald Trump said that Iran "better stop now" if it's charging fees to oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Fewer tankers pass through crucial waterway than during fiercest days of fighting despite US-Iran ceasefire deal
Nearby clusters pulled from title, summary, and keyword similarity in PostgreSQL.
Iranian officials have raised the idea of charging a toll for using the Strait. Grouped from 3 articles across 1 sources.
Two‑week US‑Iran ceasefire pauses war; “who won?” unresolved as Hormuz, Lebanon strikes, Iran capabilities persist. Grouped from 2 articles across 1 sources.
Tehran says transits must be under its supervision. Grouped from 2 articles across 2 sources.
At least 50 new accounts placed substantial bets on U.S.-Iran ceasefire hours before Trump announced it Grouped from 5 articles across 3 sources.
Lebanese armed group is an ally of Tehran but still under attack from Israel. Grouped from 3 articles across 2 sources.
The US president accused Iran of "doing a very poor job" with the waterway as Israel and Lebanon to begin peace talks. Grouped from 2 articles across 2 sources.