Strait of Hormuz
Iran Launches ‘Hormuz Safe’ Insurance Platform as Maritime Tensions Deepen in Strait of Hormuz (Graphic: Kurdistan 24)
Oil tankers sit at anchor offshore in the Strait of Hormuz (Photo: AP)
ECO IRAQ Observatory's logo. (Photo: Observatory's Facebook page)
Iran’s parliamentary spokesperson for national security and defense, Ebrahim Rezaei. (Photo: INA)
Oil tankers Tataki and Maran Aspasia fill at Al-Basrah Oil Terminal off Iraq’s Faw peninsula, Aug. 5, 2025. (AFP)
European Union flags flap in the wind outside of EU headquarters in Brussels, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP)
US President Donald Trump speaks during a Maternal Healthcare Event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
Iranian Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei (L), U.S President Donald Trump
Vehicles drive past a billboard with graphic showing Strait of Hormuz and sewn lips of U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)
Mohammad Mokhber, advisor and assistant to Iran’s Supreme Leader. (Photo: TSNIM)
A shipping vessel sailing past Iran's Gulf island of Qeshm. (Photo: AFP)
Vessels are pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, May 4, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
The photo shows of the Persian Gulf and the Stait of Hormuz. (Photo: AP)
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (left) looks on as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 05, 2026, in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo: AFP)
This handout natural-colour image of the Hormuz Strait, acquired with MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite taken on Feb. 5, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Multiple Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fast attack craft patrolling the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo: TASNIM)