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Japan Warned of ‘Hellish Summer’ as Energy Fears Mount

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy said no vessel may move from anchorage until the U.S. blockade is lifted, leaving tankers and bulk carriers stranded.

Japan is hoping further US-Iran talks will ease tensions in the Middle East and help reopen the Strait of Hormuz permanently, but there is also mounting anxiety over what a failure could mean for the country as summer approaches. On Friday, Iran said it would reopen the strait for commercial shipping following a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, while US ⁠President Donald Trump added that a US naval blockade of Iran’s ports would ‌remain until a d…

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Iran shut down the Ormuz Strait again and opened fire on an oil tanker, escalating the Gulf crisis in full Israeli-Lebanon truce, while Donald Trump warns that the US cannot be blackmailed by blocking the strategic route. Iran shut down again the Ormuz Strait and attacked an oil tanker who transits it. Donald Trump warns: "I can't blackmail us first on Romania TV.

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Tehran informs that the Americans have not fulfilled their commitments by continuing with their blockade. In the last few hours the first significant movement since the beginning of the war. An oil tanker denunciation of having been attacked by the pasdarans

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South China Morning Post broke the news in Hong Kong on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
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