IntroductionThe increase in geopolitical tensions in the Middle East recently resulted in Iran threatening to close the ...

Iran's threat to block the world's most vital oil transit point has raised fears of major global economic consequences.

Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane handling 20% of global petroleum demand, in response to ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday called on China to encourage Iran to not shut down the Strait of Hormuz after Washington carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.

The EIA estimates that 84% of the crude oil and 83% of the liquefied natural gas that moved through the Strait of Hormuz last year went to Asian markets. China, the largest buyer of Iranian oil, ...

The Strait of Hormuz is not just a waterway; it is the artery of global energy. Any blockade would trigger a chain reaction the global economy is not prepared for,” Saudi geopolitical analyst Salman ...

When Iran targeted ships in the Strait of Hormuz in the 1980s, the U.S. Navy escorted ships through the strait. This June, even without a formal closure, some oil tankers and supertankers — which can ...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, citing fuel smuggling, ...

When US intelligence revealed that Iran had loaded sea mines near the Strait of Hormuz on July 1, it sent an unmistakable ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on China to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important shipping routes.

Iran could still shut down the Strait of Hormuz, the crucial shipping corridor between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, ...

It appears that Iran was not very close to trying to block shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. That’s what Edward L. Morse ...