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Esmaeil Baghaei
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Strait of Hormuz tensions surge as US and Iran confrontation widens across the Gulf
Washington and Tehran are trading fire as Hormuz, oil prices and nuclear inspections collide. The region now faces a harder peace test.
US Navy destroyers hit Iranian targets at Qeshm and Bandar Abbas amid ceasefire test
Trump calls US strikes on Iran a love tap. Iran reviews a US deal that ends the war but parks the nuclear question for later. Hormuz is the test.
Iran seizes two ships, Brent hits $100: Ceasefire means nothing as IRGC fires on pre-cleared vessels and US sends more carriers
Iran seized two ships and attacked a third in the Strait of Hormuz on 22 April 2026, hours after Trump's ceasefire extension, as Brent crude hit $100 and Lufthansa cut 20,000 flights.
Trump blinks on ceasefire: Open-ended extension after Iran refuses Islamabad talks and Vance stays home
Trump extended the US-Iran ceasefire indefinitely on 21 April 2026 at Pakistan's request, as Iran refused to send negotiators to Islamabad and Vance's peace talks trip was cancelled.
Trump: Ceasefire ends Wednesday, bombs start if no deal — Vance flies to Islamabad as Iran says it won’t show
Trump says the US-Iran ceasefire ends Wednesday and extension is highly unlikely, as the Touska seizure and nuclear impasse threaten a second round of Islamabad talks on 21 April 2026.
‘Complete demolition in four hours’: Trump gives Iran until 8 p.m. Tuesday to reach a deal or face total infrastructure strike
Trump threatens to destroy all Iranian bridges and power plants within four hours if no deal is reached by 8 p.m. ET Tuesday as Iran rejects ceasefire proposal.
Iran’s top civilian official denies Trump’s peace talks claim as oil markets swing wildly
Iran's Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf denied any US negotiations on 24 March 2026, contradicting Trump's claims of productive talks and a five-day pause on strikes.
Iran issues retaliatory warnings as USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group arrives in Indian Ocean
The USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group enters CENTCOM's area as Iran issues threats and allies urge restraint. Read what this means for the region.