Tehran considers halting US and Israeli ships in the Strait of Hormuz

Sources cited by international outlets indicate that a law is under discussion in Tehran that would ban the passage of US and Israeli ships through the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime passage through which a significant share of global oil trade transits. The news currently stems from a single source — official statements from Iranian and US sources picked up by multiple outlets — and has not yet found independent confirmation.

Within the same framework, the Houthis are reported to have expanded cross-border attacks, an element that fuels fears of a widening conflict in the region. An Iranian military spokesman described the agreement concerning the Strait of Hormuz as irreversible, without the available dossier clarifying which specific agreement the statement refers to.

On the diplomatic front, the United States appears engaged in direct talks with Iran. US Vice President JD Vance described the goal of the talks as follows:

Washington is in direct talks with Tehran to maximize the amount of oil — JD Vance, Vice President of the United States

The wording used by Vance places the American objective not on the security of the strait itself, but on the continuity of the crude oil flows passing through it — a detail that signals how, for Washington, the stated priority remains economic even amid rising military tension.

The possible Iranian law, if approved, would represent a jump in the level of tensions already recorded in the region in recent weeks. A strait that remains navigable to some flags and closed to others would constitute a situation different from a total blockade, with direct implications for trade routes and the maritime insurance of companies operating there — although the available dossier does not specify the technical means by which such a ban would be enforced.

It should be noted that the information currently available is based on a single informational source, that of official Iranian and US statements picked up by multiple outlets. There is no independent confirmation on either front: neither on the alleged law under discussion in Tehran, nor on the expansion of Houthi attacks. Caution in reading these developments is therefore required, even given the gravity of the possible implications.

The combination of a possible selective blockade law, the expansion of Houthi actions and direct negotiations between Washington and Tehran describes a phase in which multiple levers — military, diplomatic and legislative — are being activated in parallel. At the moment, the only verifiable fact with certainty remains Vance’s public statement on the existence of direct talks between the two capitals to secure the passage of oil through the strait.