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Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump listens as Gemini co-founder and president Cameron Winklevoss, left, and Gemini co-founder and CEO Tyler Winklevoss, right, watch, during a meeting with technology leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, August 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
US official: Iran's IRGC 'doesn't control the strait. We do'
Declaring ‘economic d-day,’ Trump says any country trading with Iran will be sanctioned
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
'These maniacs are on the ropes, and these HISTORIC MEASURES will cripple them,' claims president, as US military said helping millions of barrels of oil get through Hormuz daily
Illustrative: An intercepted projectile falls into the sea near Dubai's Palm Jumeirah archipelago on March 1, 2026. (FADEL SENNA / AFP)
August 19, 2026, 6:24 pm
UAE imposes financial embargo on Iran after missiles target ‘maritime traffic’
UAE defense ministry says two Iranian missiles fell into the sea; Iran’s foreign ministry calls allegations ‘baseless’
By Michael Georgy
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, August 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
August 19, 2026, 5:28 pm
Trump shifts approach to waiting Iran out as Tehran intensifies threats on Gulf, Europe
CNN says US freezing talks, Trump thinks Iran will cave due to economic pressure; Tehran warns EU could be hit if war renews, NATO vows response; UAE cuts economic ties with regime
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A map posted by US President Donald Trump, showing the Strait of Hormuz as a "New US Territory," August 18, 2026. (Via Truth Social)
August 18, 2026, 7:56 pm
Trump says ‘no talks’ with Iran, posts map showing Hormuz as ‘new US territory’
President seems to contradict Kushner who touted ‘robust’ talks with Iran a day earlier; Trump claims Strait of Hormuz open and de-mined, despite limited traffic amid fears of Iranian strikes
By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg
Illustrative: An oil tanker (R) sails past petroleum refineries on Bukom Island off Singapore on March 17, 2022. (Roslan RAHMAN/AFP)
August 18, 2026, 4:24 pm
Saudi Aramco resumes commercial oil shipments from Strait of Hormuz
World’s top oil exporter still stymied by Yemen’s Houthis in Red Sea, but ships millions of barrels to Asian refineries via UAE port after pause forced by latest US-Iran flare-up
By Florence Tan and Siyi Liu
A demonstrator draped in an Iranian flag waves the flag of Iran's Lebanese proxy Hezbollah in front of a billboard that depicts US aircraft falling into Iranian forces' fishing nets, alongside the Persian caption, 'The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed; the entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground,' during a pro-government rally at the Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, on May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 18, 2026, 11:37 am
Vessel struck in Hormuz; Iran vows to keep waterway shut until US complies with June deal
Crew casualty reported in attack on ship; data shows Hormuz crossings rose slightly from weekend, but remain in single digits
By Reuters
A man rides on his motorbike past a billboard with a message that reads in Farsi: 'We must rise up' and an image of the late Iranian supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, August 15, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
August 17, 2026, 9:06 pm
Battered by war, Iran’s rulers wary of renewed unrest if US tightens pressure
As the public deals with a deteriorating economic situation and bleak outlook, officials say that masses could take to the streets in protest if conditions worsen
By Reuters
US President Donald Trump (left) seen signing the Persian-language version of the memorandum of understanding with Iran, at the Palace of Versailles in France, June 17, 2026. (Screenshot/White House via X); Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signs the MOU in a photo released June 17, 2026, by the regime-run IRNA news agency. (IRNA via X)
August 17, 2026, 5:23 pm
As 60-day MOU expires, the US and Iran are even further apart than before
With both sides refusing to compromise on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending the US naval blockade, there is no clear path out of the war that began on February 28
By AP
US President Donald Trump returns a salute as he walks from Marine One to his limousine upon his arrival at the Ellipse just outside of the White House, August 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
August 17, 2026, 3:26 pm
Trump threatens to bomb Oman over its deal with Iran on Hormuz, as 60-day MOU expires
US president says stopping Iran from building nuclear weapon is top priority for US, contradicting Vance; drones target office of Iraqi Kurdistan’s PM, home of top intel official
By Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid and Agencies
This combo image shows then-director of US National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard (L) in a White House briefing on July 23, 2025, and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Gen. Ahmad Vahidi im Tehran, Iran, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
August 16, 2026, 7:27 pm
US had secret backchannel with IRGC, learned it supports Iran’s negotiators – report
Axios says then-intel chief Tulsi Gabbard contacted top Iraqi Kurdish official in May to ascertain Revolutionary Guard’s position on talks; Iran sets $30,000 bounty for US soldiers
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A billboard with a message that reads in Persian: 'We must rise up' and an image of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei towers over downtown traffic in Tehran, Iran, August 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 16, 2026, 3:08 pm
Trump wants more economic pressure on Iran. What are his options?
A look at actions the US administration may take, from measures targeting oil and Chinese banks to a land blockade on the Islamic Republic’s borders
By Andrea Shalal
US President Donald Trump holds an article about prescription drug prices as he speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One, August 14, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
August 15, 2026, 1:26 am
Trump says he’ll hit Iran hard economically, will soon declare Hormuz ‘US territory’
US president urges Americans to accept slightly higher gas prices for the ‘great service’ of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear bomb, dismisses concerns about conditions aboard aircraft carrier
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Dr. Bjorn Lomborg joins host Lazar Berman for this week's Lazar Focus. (R Mathiasson)
August 14, 2026, 12:08 pm
Bjorn Lomborg: Energy, climate, and the fight for a better world
The Iran war emphasized how reliant we are on fossil fuels; a leading Danish thinker explains how we should think about energy needs, global warming, and the welfare of mankind
By Lazar Berman
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a congressional roundtable on anti-fraud initiatives in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2026. (Mandel NGAN/AFP)
August 14, 2026, 12:04 pm
Vance: Preventing nuclear Iran is the ‘number two’ US goal, after ensuring cheap oil
Trump cabinet members say US could keep its Hormuz blockade indefinitely, Iran to face ‘never before seen’ economic isolation; Iran demands payment for spill from tanker it apparently hit
By Agencies and ToI Staff
President Donald Trump talks to reporters after arriving on Air Force One, August 11, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
August 13, 2026, 9:10 am
Trump says US to maintain blockade, as Iran vows to keep Hormuz closed until demands met
Tehran denies reports of ceasefire extension, saying there’s ‘nothing to extend’; 30 countries condemn Islamic Republic’s executions, say they’re used to ‘silence dissent’
By Agencies, Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman
Vehicles drive past a banner reading in English and Farsi, 'We will kill Trump,' and banners showing portraits of the late Iranian supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, and his son Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, August 10, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
August 11, 2026, 10:09 pm
Iran digs in on demands over Hormuz as mediators assert progress made toward deal
Iranian official says strait won’t reopen unless US ends Gaza and Lebanon wars and releases frozen Iranian assets; Pakistan says sides ‘close to some sort of an arrangement’
By Agencies and Lazar Berman
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