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US president says Tehran hobbled by infighting as Pentagon reportedly briefs mine clearance may take six months

  • Middle East crisis – live updates

Donald Trump has again said that the US has “total cont…

65 days ago

Tehran has shown that its grip over the strait of Hormuz is its most potent deterrent – arguably more consequential than its now defunct nuclear programme

  • Fawaz Gerges is professor of international re…

The US and Iran continued seizing ships in the tense Hormuz standoff, with Tehran calling Washington's blockade a “ceasefire violation” and claiming it has been collecting transit fees for passage.
Oil rises as Tehran and Washington battle for control of waterway
After the US and Israel launched a war on Iran on February 28, Tehran blocked the Strait of Hormuz.
The BBC's Lyse Doucet reports from Iran, where the buzz of busy shopping streets masks deep uncertainty over the country's future.
Reza Pahlavi's visit to Berlin has stoked controversy, and the chancellor's ministers have refused to meet with him.
Tehran's hardline rhetoric belies a brutal reality facing the regime and Iranian citizens: its economy, vulnerable even before the war, is now in tatters.

Iran’s plan to extract a $2m payment from tankers using the strait of Hormuz could raise costs for years to come

A second round of peace talks between the US and Iran has begun amid renewed attacks on…

Tehran has released a propaganda video showing their troops seizing two ships in an effort to show the world - and Donald Trump - who really controls the Strait of Hormuz.

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