The U.S. will reinstate a naval blockade over the Strait of Hormuz starting Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET, marking a sharp escalation after a weekend collapse of the fragile 60-day ceasefire with Iran. The move follows U.S. strikes targeting Iranian defense and maritime infrastructure and Iran’s retaliatory attacks on commercial tankers and U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Jordan, including missile launches and drone strikes that killed one person and damaged UAE-flagged vessels. Despite ongoing mediation efforts by Oman, Qatar, and Pakistan, negotiations with the U.S. remain stalled amid mutual accusations and deepening regional tensions centered on control of the critical shipping lane—through which about 20% of global oil supplies pass.
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