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Iran has fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them.
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U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
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Lebanon and Israel held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades on Tuesday in Washington after more than a month of war.
FILE - The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier leaves Naval Station Norfolk, June 23, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/John Clark, File)
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President Trump says China has agreed not to provide weapons to Iran as reports circulate that Beijing has considered transferring arms.
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President Trump said Monday they had been contacted by the other side and they want to work a deal.
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Iran responded with threats on all ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, taking aim at U.S.-allied countries.
The blockade, announced by U.S. Central Command, will affect vessels entering or leaving Iranian ports.
U.S. Central Command says it will begin a blockade of all Iranian ports at 10 a.m. EDT Monday, or 5:30 p.m. in Iran, to be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations." But it will allow ships traveling between non-Iranian ports to transit the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump wants to weaken Iran’s strategic leverage in the war after demanding that it reopen the strait to all global shipping. He told the U.S. Navy to intercept vessels paying tolls to Iran. The two-week ceasefire remains in doubt, and Pakistan, which hosted the talks, says it will seek more dialogue. U.S. officials blame Iran’s nuclear ambitions for the breakdown in talks, while Iran accuses the U.S. of overreach.
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Negotiators from Iran and the U.S. are preparing for high-level talks amid a shaky ceasefire.