{"id":206096,"date":"2025-06-22T21:48:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T21:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/206096\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T21:48:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T21:48:32","slug":"iran-reportedly-moves-to-shut-strait-of-hormuz-after-us-attacks-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/206096\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran reportedly moves to shut Strait of Hormuz after US attacks \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran’s parliament endorsed a measure to close the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global transit chokepoint, in response to overnight U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, Iranian state media reported Sunday.<\/p>\n

Iran’s state-owned broadcaster Press TV reported<\/a> that the legislature had reached a consensus to close the strait. The final decision<\/a> rests with Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, it said.<\/p>\n

The channel, which separates Iran and Oman, is a vital gateway for petroleum shipments<\/a> from Persian Gulf countries. <\/p>\n

The strait connects the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one of the world\u2019s most critical oil chokepoints<\/a>. About 30 percent of global seaborne oil shipments pass through the narrow passage, a vulnerability that has become a growing concern<\/a> amid spiraling regional tensions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The parliamentary endorsement comes directly after the U.S. launched strikes<\/a> on Iran’s Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities. <\/p>\n

The American attack, dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer<\/a>, involved a series of strikes on key Iranian nuclear facilities. It was launched to \u201cneutralize\u201d Iran\u2019s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a press conference on Sunday. <\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump, in his message to the nation on Saturday evening, proclaimed the attacks a \u201cspectacular military success<\/a>.\u201d Iran\u2019s key nuclear enrichment facilities had been \u201ccompletely and totally obliterated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran’s parliament endorsed a measure to close the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global transit chokepoint, in response…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[14533,32,2000,299,5187,774,2452,2661,6858,5111,5434,811,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-206096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-ali-khamenei","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-iran","14":"tag-media","15":"tag-oil","16":"tag-oman","17":"tag-parliament","18":"tag-petroleum","19":"tag-security","20":"tag-united-states"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114729222420166400","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}