
UPDATED: Tehran Calls Oman and Saudi Arabia, Claiming Maritime Supremacy
The pause in U.S. air strikes sees the Islamic Republic trying to mend relations with its neighbours.

The pause in U.S. air strikes sees the Islamic Republic trying to mend relations with its neighbours.

Tehran says it remains in control of the Strait of Hormuz and is not seeking talks with the US after a two-week bombing campaign stopped.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday pledged that the United States would bomb Iranian civil infrastructure every time that Tehran fires at ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

Fears grow that Iranian proxies from the so-called Axis of Resistance are planning to disrupt Red Sea shipping—with serious consequences for world energy prices.

Tehran hit U.S. military bases in Gulf states, while Washington continued to strike sites across Iran overnight.

Oil prices jumped again Tuesday after Iran attacked tankers.

Monitoring service notes an extremely low level of traffic as vengeful Iran attempts to control key waterway.

The International Maritime Organization has “strongly condemned” the creation of the Iran-based Persian Gulf Strait Authority.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the U.S. attacks were “absolutely necessary.”

Washington–Tehran relations appear calm, for now, following a weekend of projectile strikes despite the ceasefire.