US EditionIran Is Seriously Considering Closing the Strategic Strait of Hormuz
- Iran threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating Israeli attacks on its nuclear sites and rising tensions near the Gulf region in June 2025.
- These threats follow Israel’s intensified air campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities, coinciding with Iran’s parliament advancing a bill to withdraw from the NPT.
- Iran is estimated to have 5,000 to 6,000 naval mines and submarines capable of rapidly obstructing the 250-kilometer-wide Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passage that handles roughly one-fifth of the world’s daily crude oil shipments.
- Blocking the strait could halt nearly a fifth of global oil shipments and would immediately trigger a US and Gulf Cooperation Council military response, according to analysts and military experts.
- Despite Tehran’s strong rhetoric and legislative moves, experts consider Iran unlikely to close the strait or exit the NPT soon due to economic risks and internal legal hurdles.
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Iran Threatens To Leave Nuclear Treaty and Close Strait of Hormuz
Amid an escalating Israeli air campaign against Iran, calls are mounting in Tehran to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and close the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical oil routes. The archenemies have been trading fire since June 13 after Israel launched an unprecedented attack on Iran’s nuclear sites, military bases, and residential areas in a bid to hinder Tehran’s program and eliminate…
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nin.rsThe exchange of missiles between Israel and Iran has raised fears that Iran may try to close the waterway through the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most vital oil transit bottleneck.
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Tehran's threat to block the Strait of Hormuz—a critical oil chokepoint handling a third of global seaborne shipments—is widely dismissed as a self-destructive bluff, yet risks spiking oil prices and triggering global economic turmoil
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Tensions Rise Near Strategic Strait as Israel-Iran Conflict Escalates
Tensions Rise Near Strategic Strait as Israel-Iran Conflict Escalates A British maritime security firm, Ambrey, reported an incident 22 nautical miles east of Khor Fakkan, UAE, amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran. The location, near the critical Strait of Hormuz, has raised concerns about potential disruptions to a vital oil and trade route.The Strait of Hormuz, nestled between Oman and Iran, channels around one-fifth of global oil cons…
Iranian mines in the Straits of Hormuz could shut down a fifth of oil flows in a week
Iran has somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000 naval mines, according to US intelligence estimates, which it could use to block the Straits of Hormuz and halt the flow of a fifth of the world’s oil traffic in a week.
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