Iran Fires on Three Ships in Strait of Hormuz, Threatening Global Energy Supplies
Attacks complicate US-Iran talks as Trump maintains blockade and Tehran threatens to break it by force
Quick Look
- Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, underscoring the ongoing threat to global energy supplies and complicating efforts to bring the US and Iran together for talks to end the war.
- Trump said the US would continue to blockade Iranian ports, while Iran has offered no formal acknowledgement of the extension and threatened to break the blockade by force.
- The strait through which 20% of the world's oil and natural gas pass in peacetime remains a critical flashpoint.
AI-generated summary
Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, underscoring the ongoing threat to global energy supplies and complicating efforts to bring the United States and Iran together for talks to end the war. But Trump said the US would continue to blockade Iranian ports, and the attacks reinforced the dangers to traffic in the strait, through which 20 per cent of the world's oil and natural gas pass in peacetime. Iran has offered no formal acknowledgement of Trump's extension, but an Iranian diplomat said talks would not resume until the blockade is lifted. Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard, said Iran had not asked for a ceasefire extension and repeated threats to break the US blockade by force.
