Iran-linked vessels pass through Hormuz ahead of US blockade
Nine of the 11 vessels that passed through the strait on Tuesday sailed via the Iranian route, according to ship-tracking data on Kpler.
Nine of the 11 vessels that passed through the strait on Tuesday sailed via the Iranian route, according to ship-tracking data on Kpler.
According to INSS Iran expert Ben Sabti, the regime's very survival gives the leadership a sense of victory. The central power mechanisms continue to function.
Having choked off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is now using the Houthis to extend its threat to global trade and energy supplies beyond the Persian Gulf.
US President Donald Trump claimed that the US would impose a 20% tariff on cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz amid a dispute over Tehran's efforts to maintain control of the waterway.
“Trump is transactional, always looking for where the money is. He's a businessman; he admits it, and he's not ashamed of it; he's proud of it. The Gulf States understood that from the beginning."
The fishermen were detained by the UAE's coast guard in recent months due to "special conditions" in the region, Iran's embassy in the UAE stated.
The Mossad's failure may not have been its plan to install Ahmadinejad as Iran's new leader, but its inability to anticipate Trump would halt key parts of it.
Gulf solidarity is now emerging in an even larger way than before. While some countries want an agreement that will end the fighting, they are also outraged by Iran’s new attacks.
India summoned Iran's representatives in Delhi after Iran had struck two ships carrying a total of 30 Indian sailors, the External Affairs Ministry announced.
Tehran's Foreign Ministry said the IRGC was an official part of Iran's armed forces and accused Britain of violating international law by targeting a state institution.
The flight on Monday, which made international headlines after it prompted strikes on Sana'a, was eventually able to land in the Houthi-controlled Hodeidah International Airport.