News Summary

• Iran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait since the United States and Israel attacked in late February.
• Continued attacks in the waterway, which was free to transit before the war, led to the collapse of an April ceasefire.
• Mediators have urged both sides to return to the terms of a subsequent June memorandum that set out a path for peace talks.
• Iran’s security chief Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr on Aug.
• 8 laid out a list of demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.