Hormuz in a sentence

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have long been attacking merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz (as and elsewhere), but the Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s home turf, while the Red Sea is on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula.

On May 9, Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder announced that the military would be increasing its patrols in the Strait of Hormuz, through which many Iranian vessels travel.

Ricafort said if Iran will become involved in the conflict, it could block the Strait of Hormuz, an important passage for international oil tankers.

Separately, a European Union-led maritime organization has “warned of a possibility of an attack on a merchant vessel of unknown flag in the Strait of Hormuz in the next 12 to 72 hours,” said private intelligence firm Ambrey.

The announcement came on the heels of the U.S. saying it could soon put guards on commercial ships sailing through the Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz.

The US then shifted the A-10s to monitor the Strait of Hormuz, where they were equipped with weapons capable of targeting Iranian fast attack boats and other maritime targets.

Clearly, if Israel decides to target Iranian production, currently 1.7m barrels a day, or if a hostile player manages to block the straits of Hormuz, the cost of oil and gas could soar.

However, Cooper acknowledged that attacks associated with Iran have expanded from previously threatening just the Persian Gulf and its Strait of Hormuz into waters across the wider Middle East.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized a container ship “related” to Israel in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, which was now heading towards Iranian waters, Iranian state media reported.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized the container ship, with a crew of 25, in the Strait of Hormuz on April 13, days after Tehran vowed to retaliate for a suspected Israeli strike on its consulate in Damascus.

It added that the operation took place "near the Strait of Hormuz" and "this ship has now been directed towards the territorial waters" of Iran.

It is unclear whether this was before or after news broke of Iran seizing a ship “linked to Israel” (see ) on the strait of Hormuz.

The British military warned Saturday that a vessel may have been boarded by an unknown party near the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

The MSC Aries had last been located off Dubai heading towards the Strait of Hormuz on Friday.

The ship’s last tracked location was near Dubai, heading towards the Strait of Hormuz, before its tracking data ceased—a typical occurrence for Israeli ships navigating the region.

The three remaining Filipino seafarers from the Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries, seized by the Iranian authorities while passing through the Strait of Hormuz in April, have returned to the Philippines, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said Saturday.

An armed attack on June 19, 2019, by an Iranian surface-to-air missile on an unmanned U.S. Navy MQ-4 surveillance aircraft on a routine mission monitoring the Strait of Hormuz in international airspace.

A new anti-ship missile being tested by the frigate Jamaran on Sunday in the Gulf of Oman hit a support ship, Konarak, setting targets close to the contested Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil supplies are sent.

Around one fifth of the world's oil supply also passes through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow choke point between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.

Despite tensions, the UAE and Iran, which lie 70 kilometers (44 miles) apart across the strategic Strait of Hormuz, have maintained diplomatic exchanges and crucially protected their economic ties, generating billions for both sides.