At the narrow throat of the Persian Gulf, where a third of the world's seaborne oil passes through waters barely wide enough to hold competing ambitions, the United States military and Iran are locked in a contest over who truly commands the Strait of Hormuz. American forces claim to have kept global commerce flowing while strangling Iranian maritime trade, yet the strikes on Kuhestak — where a wedding became a casualty of war — remind the world that strategic narratives are always written over human lives. The strait has long been a place where energy, empire, and survival converge, and the c
US military claims Strait of Hormuz remains open despite Iranian blockade
Multiple civilians killed and dozens wounded in US military strikes on Kuhestak, Iran, including reported casualties at a wedding ceremony.