US escorts ships at Hormuz as Iran threatens to strike
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel
The United States is escorting ships in the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran threatens to strike amid a regional conflict. The report also mentions stalled US-Iran negotiations and intensified fighting in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, according to L’essentiel.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened on Thursday 22 October to widen the conflict with the United States if Washington continues escorting ships in the Strait of Hormuz, according to live coverage by the Swiss outlet L’essentiel.
Increasing numbers of oil tankers are crossing the strait under US escort to leave the Gulf, while attacks have intensified in recent days. Iran claims control of this strategic waterway, through which around a fifth of the world’s hydrocarbons passed before the war.
The conflict began on 28 February with US-Israeli strikes against Iran. Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding on 17 June to end it, but negotiations now appear to be at an impasse. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that the ceasefire was “over”, while authorising talks to continue.
Regional tensions are also spreading to Yemen and Saudi Arabia, where fighting is intensifying. The United States ordered the departure of US diplomats from Saudi Arabia on 22 October, according to an article published that day.
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