{"id":19216,"date":"2026-04-18T08:09:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/middle-east-crisis-live-iran-warns-it-will-close-strait-of-hormuz-if-us-blockade-continues\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T08:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:09:03","slug":"middle-east-crisis-live-iran-warns-it-will-close-strait-of-hormuz-if-us-blockade-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/middle-east-crisis-live-iran-warns-it-will-close-strait-of-hormuz-if-us-blockade-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East crisis live: Iran warns it will close strait of Hormuz if US blockade continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran says passage through waterway will depend on Iranian authorisation and accuses Donald Trump of multiple falsehoods<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/17\/strait-of-hormuz-now-open-to-commercial-vessels\">Iran says strait of Hormuz \u2018completely open\u2019 to commercial vessels as oil prices fall<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Separate to the Pakistani army chief\u2019s trip to Iran (see post at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2026\/apr\/18\/middle-east-crisis-live-iran-warns-it-will-close-strait-of-hormuz-if-us-blockade-continues?page=with%3Ablock-69e327f18f082ddf12730fff#block-69e327f18f082ddf12730fff\">07:53<\/a>), the Pakistani prime minister, <strong>Shehbaz Sharif,<\/strong> and foreign minister <strong>Ishaq Dar<\/strong> also concluded a trip to the Middle East after visiting <strong>Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey <\/strong>for talks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have just concluded the last leg of our engagements following productive and fruitful visits \u2026 where we held meaningful bilateral discussions aimed at strengthening cooperation across key areas,\u201d Dar said on X.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2026\/apr\/18\/middle-east-crisis-live-iran-warns-it-will-close-strait-of-hormuz-if-us-blockade-continues\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran says passage through waterway will depend on Iranian authorisation and accuses Donald Trump of multiple falsehoods Iran says strait of Hormuz \u2018completely open\u2019 to commercial vessels as oil prices fall Separate to the Pakistani army chief\u2019s trip to Iran (see post at 07:53), the Pakistani prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and foreign minister Ishaq Dar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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