Strait of Hormuz

American forces struck five Iranian oil tankers on the night of 8 September in retaliation for what Washington said was an attack on its warships near the Strait of Hormuz. Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at the U.S. base at Al-Azraq in Jordan and targeted at least twenty ships attempting the passage.

Iran attacked American bases in West Asia on 3 September despite warnings from President Trump. The exchange began at the end of August, when the United States struck Iranian rocket launchers on Larak island to stop Tehran mining the shipping lane, and Iran hit U.S. bases in Jordan and the UAE.

The Petroleum Ministry has paused the release of new LPG connections, calling it a temporary measure forced by the geopolitical situation. Distributors are pushing 5-kg free-trade cylinders and 10-kg composite cylinders as alternatives. Six months into the war, the Strait of Hormuz remains practically closed: average flows are about 0.25 million barrels a day against 15 million before the conflict.