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 votes to close Strait of Hormuz - how could it affect global oil and gas? - One-fifth of the world’s oil and gas passes through the Iranian-controlled Strait of Hormuz ...

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 ...

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 is set to close a major oil shipping route in retaliation for “devastating” US strikes on three of its nuclear sites.. Tehran’s lawmakers voted to cut off the Strait of Hormuz, a trade ...

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 ...

The strait of Hormuz is 70 km large between Iran and Oman, ... If Iran wants to shut down the strait, and I hope they dont, they will do it with drones. Reply. Like. BigbeeUS. 15 Jun. 2025.

A Newsweek map shows the Strait of Hormuz—just 21 miles at its narrowest point—which Iran has threatened to blockade if U.S. forces intervene in its ongoing conflict with Israel.

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

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday called on China to encourage Iran to not shut down the Strait of Hormuz after ...