Graham urges the Trump administration and Israel to supply weapons directly to rioters inside Iran with the aim of igniting a civil war within the country.

The Strait of Hormuz is a critical chokepoint for global energy markets, and any significant disruption or closure would have major economic and geopolitical consequences, says a UK-based economist.

US was forced to abandon its failed blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, pivoting to the so-called “Project Freedom” – a desperate and risky gambit compelled by Iran’s strategic patience, military consolidation, and growing leverage.

The UK chancellor of the Exchequer and the US treasury secretary reportedly engaged in a heated exchange over aggression against Iran during last month’s IMF meeting.

Qalibaf says the ongoing situation in the Strait of Hormuz is becoming “unbearable” for the United States, while Tehran has “not even started yet.”

The US has attacked two civilian cargo boats heading from the Omani coast to the Iranian shoreline, killing at least five people on board, a report says.

A senior Iranian lawmaker quotes Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as saying that the Islamic Republic is not currently engaged in negotiations with the enemy on the nuclear issue.