A second vessel was reportedly hit by a projectile and others reversed course as Iran reimposes restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz.
The standoff intensified Saturday as the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports, causing Iran to reverse an earlier reopening of the crucial waterway and fire on ships attempting to pass through.
The British military says two gunboats from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard opened fire on a tanker transiting the strait.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre said an unknown projectile hit the vessel, 25 nautical miles (46 kilometres) northeast of Oman.
Some containers on the vessel were damaged, it said.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre said the tanker and crew were reported safe, without identifying the vessel or its destination.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy later warned the strait would remain closed until the U.S. blockade is lifted, saying “no vessel should make any movement” toward the channel and that approaching it would be considered co-operation with the enemy.
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The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most critical shipping lanes for oil, and the renewed closure threatens to deepen global energy market instability.
The escalation comes amid broader diplomatic strain, with Pakistan acting as a mediator to try to restart negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
However, Iran’s foreign minister has signalled the country is not ready for new face-to-face talks.
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Barbara Leaf, former U.S. assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, told Global News the situation remains highly uncertain and any path forward will be difficult.
“This is simply going to be the course of a very torturous effort to get to a landing spot … even just a framework agreement between the U.S. and Iran,” she said.
“The uncertainty, instability and volatility is ongoing.”
Leaf also pointed to tensions between military and diplomatic approaches in the region, noting recent developments involving Israel and the United States.
“I was a little more optimistic yesterday morning, but I don’t indulge in giddy optimism these days,” she said, adding that the strait briefly reopened before closing again.
She warned that the economic consequences are already significant, with global markets feeling the impact of the disruption to shipping through the narrow waterway.
— with files from The Associated Press
Remember, the new Canadian way. If you cannot but local then you do not really need it. LOL
Form convoys, sink anything that comes close to it. It worked in the past.
Sweep the straits.
@Gassy. Enjoy your “EV”. You seem to have an inferiority complex as you mention it constantly to overcome the humiliation.
Peterbilt and his gas guzzler fill-ups! bwahahahaha….how much dummy?
$8.40 like me? Goof likes bending over at the pumps….lol
In AB. We never took American booze off the shelves. I would prefer to buy Makers Mark or great California wine than some more expensive garbage from Ontario and Quebec
@ wild turkey: VV thinks Melania is a loving first lady model with her “I don’t care” jersey she wears after mass shootings.
@VV….yup…you sound drunk too. Dumber than Melania even.
@John Beam. I never stopped buying amazing Kentucky Bourbon. Buy “Canadian” and pay more if you feel good going Elbows Up like Carney
Stooge the grifter and his “EV”. Lol
“Viet Nam was really stupid.”- Don trump
“me replace ayatollah somewhere with one that hates us more.”- Don trump
@Stooge. PP didn’t pretend to go “Elbows Up” unlike Carney.
These dumb arses think “buying local” is dumb. GO ahead and buy kentucky bourbon then brainiacs.
I admire basic dictatorships just like my close comrade Justin Tru-DOH
@ scars and gripes” So why is PP in the States all the time thrn? lol….You sound as bright as mr. bigly orange shoe polish.
NO one knows what “Up” is babbling about below. But he was for PP’s USA tour for gasoline. EV here. $8.40 a recharge when it isn’t free.
It was hilarious to watch Carney go from Elbows Up to then a bootlicking approach to deal with Trump.
@PP in Detroit. Canada is irrelevant under the Carney/Trudeau Regime
…and emperor trump shared that he thought Viet Nam was dumb. Hello? Anybody?
@ Rick Johnson: Are you that stupid??? What does the Canadian PM have to do with the AYATOLLAH AND TRUMP???
here’s a hint: sweet phuck all.
Elbows Up Con Carney flip flopping like a fish daily on his incoherent position on Iran.
Trump is NOT the anti-Christ or $atan. He just wants my job.
trump doesn’t even drive his golf cart so he doesn’t care about gas prices. It’s more about Epstein and the news cycle.
trump starts a war to get us a different ayatollah that hates him even more. Makes sense. Who is Epstein again?
Yes Alberta should join us. POTASS would love it. More for the war effort and money for him.
Canada is a total joke under Carney/Trudeau regime.
Like I said, Vietnam 2 unless we nuke. Can’t beat them in regular warfare so what else can we do. Could send child molesters but that would take time to send 100 million people.
Canadians pretending to be tough with nothing to offer.
I admire basic Dictatorships.
Trump making the world safer but it seems Elbozos Up/ TDS Canadians like Iran and China the beacons of Freedom.
A good week for me bigly. I attacked the Pope, I bombed a little girls school, I blockaded our own oil in Hormuz, I threatened WW3 and I had a photo taken depicting me as Jesus the Christ.
@Fimce. Epstein files mean nothing. Sober up.
Just nuke these f *ucking Iranian muslim terrorist co ck suckers. The whole world will be happy. They are not human.
@Elbozos Up. Nah, they’re pretty much everyone 😁
For a fraction of the cost of this ridiculous war, why not build a canal across the UAE and cut the straight out of the question?
Yes, POTASS loves Epstein!
LOL@ Vince: Are you nuts? Trump started this to hide Epstein files. That is all. trump makes the world safe by bombing little girls in school?
And BTW, that Iranian gunboat was being manned by Mossad agents…warfare by deception.
It ain’t over ’til Bibi tells the Donald it’s over. So it’ll never be over.
I thank the USA and POTUS for making the world a safer place. Meanwhile, Canada and Carney do nothing but sit on the sidelines and throw stones.
Yes, POTASS loves Carney!
Epstein introduced Melania to trump. There were some things I just wouldn’t do. ew…..
How embarrassing it must be for Canadians. First 10 years of Tru-DOH and now they elect his advisor Elbows Up Carney.
@Zaphod. I guess bots are anyone that you don’t agree with.
More lame comments today. You bots are no longer entertaining.
I love the token…” i Drive an EV”…..paid shill
It’s a US and Israel issue with their bellicose terrorist agendas!
I guess gun boats don’t count as navy in Trump’s world.
So many of us looking at news from country that so many say doesn’t matter. Maybe we should be concentrating on beating iran, it may be another Vietnam loss.
If Virtue Signalling and talk won wars, Canada would be a Superpower.
American is amazing I agree, 2 worthless people
@Stormy. Better than Carneys wife who looks like Skeletor.
Glad we have EVs. Mine cost $8.36 for this week’s charge. Look for gasoline to skyrocket again now.
@Stars and Stripes: bragging about blowing up a girls school with children in it seems the trumper way eh? Classy first lady you have too. Epstein much?
Can’t beat iran in conventional war even with Israeli help so nuke iran
Poor Canadians, they think they are relevant and important on the world stage. Basically an afterthought at best.
@JD Vance. Sorry my friend Canada has no capacity and nothing 2 offer even if they wanted to join in. Virtue signalling is a super power.
All this so we don’t hear that I posed nude and was introduced to Donald by Epstein.
Nuke iran
Blame this solely on the USA. Iran agreed to open the Strait and the USA blockaded it, against the terms of the cease fire. Another illegal act by the US Moron-in-Chief!
Elbozos up.
Not really when you think about it.
This is the same as Queers for Palestine, they don’t seem to understand what those cultures do to “people kind”
News to Canadians. We don’t care about your opinions or what you think.
No 24 virgins for iranian suicide bombers. trump and the ayatollah both already had them
@ born in the usa…LOLOLOL…
You mean Canada isn’t blowing up girl’s schools like trump to deflect from his other girls?
And just like that the oil prices will go back up. Easy peasy.
Glad I got a hydrid.
Yet again Carney doing nothing a sitting on the fence with nothing to offer.
Bozos up below thinks we would approve of bombing a girl’s school like trump did to get us off the Epstein files. Nope.
Fandenbrink below is phucked in the head. He thinks trump and the ayatollah care what canada says. what a goof.
Hold on Carney said to stop!¡ LOL must of said it in French
So guessing Iran does not care about the environment devastation sinking an oil tanker would do to the shoreline of the country??
Strange the Elbows Up Canadians are cheering for the Iranian regime.
Carney embarrassing himself daily on his flip flops with Iran.
If Trump was wondering what the result of blocking Iran ports would be, after Israel joined the ceasefire, and Iran opened the strait.
When will he learn that he is not in control of everything. He should have lifted his blockade when the reason for it no longer existed.
Iranians can’t be trusted. They promise one thing and do another.
Trump needs to get serious and finish what he started, and stop believing in their promises. Looks like they play him like a fiddle.
Most certainly open. Open fire for the Iranians. Can never ever trust anyone. So much for Trumps lie about a ceasefire. So much for any show of any integrity by either side. Never trust yankee doodles either. F*ck you all.