The vote took place Sunday after the U.S. on Saturday evening hit three Iranian nuclear sites and significantly damaged the country's capabilities.

Iran’s parliament has reportedly approved a plan to close the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow but vital waterway through which about 20% of global oil and gas flows.The move, seen as potential ...

Lawmakers in Iran yesterday voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil shipping route, as retaliation for US strikes on its nuclear facilities.

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

A narrow passage of water called the Strait of Hormuz is the primary route for Middle Eastern countries shipping oil and petroleum products from the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world. Iran has ...

Pentagon officials are trying to prepare for all of the ways Iran could retaliate, as President Trump hints at what he might ...

Oil prices are expected to rise further following Iran’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to America’s surprise bombing early Sunday of three Iranian nuclear facilities. Iran’s ...

Iran could shut the Strait of Hormuz as a way of hitting back against its enemies, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday, though a second member of parliament said this would only happen if Tehran's ...

Israel's air strikes on Iran are unlikely to cause a major disruption to oil supply, and market analysts believe a full-scale shutoff of oil flows by closing the Strait of Hormuz is unlikely ...

Iran has warned that it could shut the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical oil transit chokepoints, in retaliation for U.S. involvement in its conflict with Israel.