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#Strait of Hormuz

The narrow waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula through which roughly one-fifth of the world's oil passes. Incidents involve military operations, naval confrontations, and blockade actions threatening global energy supplies and civilian populations.

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Updated May 20, 2026 Military Overreach
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Ongoing

Trump Rejects Iran Ceasefire Proposal, Plans 'Very Major Attack,' Cancels at Last Minute (May 2026)

Trump rejected Iran's peace proposal, called the ceasefire 'on massive life support,' and had a 'very major attack' planned before Gulf allies talked him out of it hours before execution. Congress was not consulted. Vance publicly declared the US 'locked and loaded.' The episode reveals war-making conducted entirely at presidential whim, with no legal or democratic check.

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Iran warceasefirenuclear negotiationswar powersVance
Updated May 9, 2026 Foreign Policy & War
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Ongoing

U.S. Strikes on Iranian Port Cities During Active Ceasefire (May 2026)

U.S. strikes on civilian port cities (Qeshm, Bandar Abbas, Bandar Kargan) during an active ceasefire killed at least one sailor, injured ten, and Iran says hit civilian residential zones. A massive oil spill (71 sq km, ~80,000 barrels) from Kharg Island was confirmed by Copernicus satellite imagery. Iran declared the ceasefire violated and said the U.S. had 'crossed the point of no return.'

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Iran warStrait of Hormuzport strikesQeshmBandar Abbas
Updated May 20, 2026 Military Overreach
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity

Operation Project Freedom: Unilateral Hormuz Convoy Forced Standdown After Saudi Airspace Denial (May 2026)

Trump launched a Navy operation to force ships through the Strait of Hormuz during an active ceasefire without notifying Congress. Iran attacked three US destroyers. Saudi Arabia then denied US airspace access, collapsing the operation. The 'pause for negotiations' cover story was contradicted by reporting that Saudi Arabia's airspace denial made the mission militarily impossible.

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Iran warStrait of HormuzOperation Project Freedomwar powersSaudi Arabia
Updated May 9, 2026 Foreign Policy & War
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Ongoing

U.S. Naval Blockade of Iranian Ports

The United States imposed a full naval blockade on all Iranian ports after peace talks in Islamabad collapsed, threatening to destroy any vessel approaching. The blockade — the first U.S. naval blockade since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis — constitutes an act of war under international law, threatens 25% of global seaborne oil, and amounts to siege warfare against Iran's 88 million civilians.

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Iran warnaval blockadeStrait of Hormuzact of warinternational law
Updated April 7, 2026 Foreign Policy & War
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Ongoing

Trump Issues Ultimatum: 'A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight' Unless Iran Capitulates

Trump's explicit threats to destroy all civilian infrastructure in Iran — every bridge, every power plant — with the stated goal of ensuring Iran 'could literally never rebuild as a nation again' constitute textbook threats of indiscriminate attack, a war crime under the Rome Statute and customary IHL.

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Iran warcivilian infrastructureindiscriminate attackwar crimepower plants
Updated May 9, 2026 Foreign Policy & War
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Ongoing

Strait of Hormuz Crisis: Global Energy and Food Security Catastrophe

The Iran war triggered closure of the world's most critical energy chokepoint, causing the largest supply disruption since the 1970s. Despite a nominal ceasefire, the US and Iran exchanged fire in the strait on May 7, 2026. The US struck civilian port cities Qeshm and Bandar Abbas; a cargo vessel was hit, killing one sailor. A massive oil spill (71 sq km, ~80,000 barrels) from Kharg Island confirmed by Copernicus satellite imagery. Iran declared the ceasefire violated; the strait remains effectively closed.

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Strait of Hormuzoil crisisenergy securityfood securityIran war