Iran threatens to block more trade routes as US launches fresh strikes

Fresh hostilities between the US and Iran in recent days have served to underscore the strategic importance of the Strait to the global economy.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the Strait of Hormuz would remain shut until the US ended its "acts of aggression".

In response to the renewal of the US blockade, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned the US that it should "expect the closure of other oil and gas export routes that serve the interests of the United States and its allies".