At the intersection of geopolitics and global energy, the Strait of Hormuz has become a bargaining chip in a standoff between Washington and Tehran that neither side appears ready to resolve. Iran insists on sanctions relief, an end to military pressure, and reparations before it will reopen a waterway that carries one-fifth of the world's oil and gas — while President Trump has responded not with concessions but with counter-demands that stretch back decades and across multiple conflict zones. The five-percent surge in oil prices on Monday is less a market event than a signal: the world's ene
Oil surges 5% as Iran-US standoff stalls Hormuz reopening hopes
Hundreds of thousands of Iranian protesters reportedly killed by government crackdowns; 17 US sailors killed in 2000 USS Cole attack; multiple regional casualties in Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza cited in dispute.