Iran’s navy, estimated to have some 18,000 personnel, apparently avoided any major attack during the June war.

CENTCOM is keeping a heightened posture as the threat from Iran persists despite a ceasefire, General Joseph Votel said.

There is concern that, when cornered, Iran might finally carry out a long-standing threat: to try to block passage through the Strait of Hormuz, which connects the waters of the Persian Gulf with the ...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, citing fuel smuggling, following recent geopolitical tensions and US strikes on Iranian nuclear ...

Iran seizes oil tanker close to Strait of Hormuz Crew of unidentified vessel detained and facing charges Iran has seized another small oil tanker in its campaign against fuel smuggling.Photo: AFP ...

Iranian lawmaker Esmail Kosari revealed that the possibility of closing the critical Strait of Hormuz is still under review, with no final decision made. The strategic waterway sees about 20% of ...

Hardline Iranian lawmaker Esmail Kosari said any closure of the Strait of Hormuz was still under review but no decision has yet been made, in comments carried by Iran's state media on Monday.

That assumption is now clearly wrong. The lesson from the Strait of Hormuz is not just that the region is unstable. It’s that Europe’s current energy system remains dangerously outdated.