The US Navy will start escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz as quickly as “militarily possible,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent advised SkyNews on Thursday. “That was always in our planning, that there’s the chance that the US Navy or perhaps an international coalition will be escorting oil tankers through,” Bessent mentioned in that interview….
Iranian Navy troopers at an armed pace boat in Persian Gulf close to the strait of Hormuz about 1320km (820 miles) south of Tehran, April 30, 2019. Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty Images The escalating war in the Middle East has ratcheted up fears of extended disruption to global commerce through key maritime corridors…
How Iran chooses its supreme chief, and who could possibly be subsequent? FILE PHOTO: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran January 8, 2007. Stringer Iran | Reuters Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s loss of life following joint US-Israeli airstrikes has thrust Iran’s management into the pressing course of of choosing a brand new supreme…
