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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Iran may close the vital maritime route, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil supply is shipped every day.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday called on China to encourage Iran to not shut down the Strait of Hormuz after Washington carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.

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.

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 ...

Iran's state media is reporting that its parliament has voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, a key energy transportation waterway, citing a senior Iranian lawmaker.

Iran's parliament endorsed a measure to close the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global transit chokepoint, in response to overnight U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, Iranian state media ...

What is the Strait of Hormuz? The Strait of Hormuz lies between Oman and the United Arab Emirates on one side and Iran on the other. It links the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian ...

Can Iran really shut down the Strait of Hormuz? Iran can decide to close the vital maritime trade route, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil supply is shipped every day.