{"id":6481,"date":"2026-05-17T02:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T02:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=6481"},"modified":"2026-05-17T02:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T02:05:16","slug":"u-s-iran-stall-on-hormuz-reopening-as-oil-supplies-tighten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=6481","title":{"rendered":"U.S., Iran stall on Hormuz reopening as oil supplies tighten"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iran said transit through the critical Strait of Hormuz will flow once the conflict with the US and Israel is over, but the sides are no closer to resolving their differences or finding a path to achieve it.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump returned from a two-day summit with Iran\u2019s close ally, China\u2019s Xi Jinping, where both agreed the strait should be open but made no apparent progress toward that goal.<\/p>\n

Iran has shown little interest in loosening its hold on the waterway, insisting it wants to maintain a degree of control even after the end of the war. Iran\u2019s threats on ships in the Persian Gulf have brought exports from the oil-rich region to a near-standstill, sending energy prices soaring and giving Tehran significant leverage in talks with the US.<\/p>\n

\u201cNaturally, once the current state of insecurity is resolved, navigation conditions in the Strait of Hormuz will return to normal,\u201d Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was cited as saying by the semi-official Mehr news agency.<\/p>\n

Iran will implement effective and professional monitoring and control mechanisms in the Strait of Hormuz within the framework of international law, Pezeshkian said without elaborating. He added Iran remains committed to a diplomatic resolution to the conflict.<\/p>\n

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday that the strait should be opened to shipping as soon as possible, according to state-run Xinhua News Agency. In response to Iran\u2019s disruption of shipping movements, the US imposed a blockade on the Islamic Republic\u2019s oil exports, in an effort to sever its economic lifeline and persuade its officials to agree to US terms for a peace deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The statement from China came as the world\u2019s two largest economies sought to emphasize points of agreement on the Middle East conflict during Trump\u2019s meetings with President Xi Jinping this week \u2014 even as they\u2019re essentially on opposite sides, with China repeatedly criticizing the US-Israeli attack on its Iranian ally.<\/p>\n

On his way back from China, Trump also told reporters he spoke with Xi about potentially lifting sanctions on Chinese oil companies that buy Iranian crude. The Treasury Department has escalated those penalties in recent weeks as the US tries to pressure Tehran on talks. Beijing\u00a0ordered\u00a0its companies to ignore the sanctions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to make a decision over the next few days,\u201d Trump said aboard Air Force One when asked if he\u2019d consider lifting the sanctions. \u201cWe did talk about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump said that three Chinese tankers that went through the Strait of Hormuz loaded with Iranian oil this week did so because the US allowed it, in an interview with Fox News. Iranian state TV had previously said over 30 ships were allowed passage through the strait since Wednesday night, citing an official from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019 navy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The White House faces a conundrum: How to reopen the strait, lower global energy prices and wind down an increasingly unpopular conflict that has caused the\u00a0biggest oil supply disruption\u00a0in history ahead of midterm elections in November.<\/p>\n

Physical crude markets have also firmed again in recent days, offering a reminder of the wider supply tightness that\u2019s hitting the global oil industry.<\/p>\n

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Brent crude has jumped about 50% since the start of the war, with traders fearing a fresh escalation in hostilities between the US and Iran after Trump\u2019s visit to China failed to yield any concrete progress on a plan to restart the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran on Saturday, where he met his Iranian counterpart. The two discussed bilateral relations and the prospects for resuming US-Iran peace negotiations, for which Pakistan has been the main mediator, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.<\/p>\n

A modest recovery in vessel movements seen earlier this week has faded as owners remained cautious.<\/p>\n

The only real prospect of a short-term deal appears to be putting off talks about Tehran\u2019s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, with both sides suggesting that issue be dealt with later \u2014 despite Trump citing Iran\u2019s nuclear program as the main justification for the war. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Iran said it had \u201ccome to the conclusion with the Americans\u201d to postpone the topic until the later stages of negotiations, calling it \u201cvery complicated,\u201d Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said at a press conference in India on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump also said aboard Air Force One that he\u2019s willing to send US forces to remove Iran\u2019s uranium \u201cat the right time,\u201d though he earlier\u00a0suggested\u00a0in a Fox News interview such a mission was \u201cmore for public relations than it is for anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s highly enriched uranium, which has been in an unknown location since a US and Israeli bombing campaign in June last year, remains one of many obstacles to a peace agreement. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a0Trump Punts Thorniest Iran Challenges in Push to Open Hormuz<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more related to the war:<\/p>\n

Israel and Lebanon\u00a0agreed to extend\u00a0a ceasefire for 45 days to allow for more talks, the US State Department said on Friday, as the Trump administration tries to tamp down a conflict that\u2019s made ending the war against Iran more difficult.<\/p>\n

The US\u00a0charged\u00a0an Iraqi national with participating in terrorist attacks against US targets, including a planned synagogue bombing in New York and the European offices of two American banks.<\/p>\n

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