{"id":7663,"date":"2026-02-28T22:31:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=7663"},"modified":"2026-02-28T22:31:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:31:28","slug":"iran-closes-strait-of-hormuz-halting-all-ship-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2026\/02\/28\/iran-closes-strait-of-hormuz-halting-all-ship-traffic","title":{"rendered":"Iran closes strait of Hormuz, halting all ship traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"280\"><strong data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"105\">Tehran:<\/strong> Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards have announced that the <strong data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"178\">Strait of Hormuz<\/strong> has been temporarily closed, halting all maritime traffic through the strategically vital waterway.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"431\">In an official statement, the Guards explained that due to the current situation, no ships will be allowed to pass through the strait at this time.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"633\">According to international media, nearly <strong data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"519\">one-fifth of the world\u2019s crude oil supply<\/strong> flows through this narrow 40-kilometer-wide passage, making it a crucial artery for global energy distribution.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"809\">Several major oil-exporting nations, including <strong data-start=\"682\" data-end=\"742\">Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Iran<\/strong>, depend on this route for transporting their petroleum products.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"811\" data-end=\"963\">In addition, <strong data-start=\"824\" data-end=\"833\">Qatar<\/strong>, the world\u2019s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), also relies on the Strait of Hormuz to deliver its gas shipments.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"1173\">Analysts warn that since a substantial portion of crude oil sent to Asian markets by OPEC countries passes through this strait, its closure could have <strong data-start=\"1116\" data-end=\"1170\">significant implications for global energy markets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran: Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards have announced that the Strait of Hormuz has been temporarily closed, halting all maritime traffic through the strategically vital waterway. In an official statement, the Guards explained that due to the current situation, no ships will be allowed to pass through the strait at this time. According to international media, nearly &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[160,2294],"class_list":["post-7663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-headline","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7665,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663\/revisions\/7665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}