{"id":5859,"date":"2026-04-04T04:37:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/will-force-be-used-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T04:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:37:58","slug":"will-force-be-used-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/will-force-be-used-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Will force be used to reopen Strait of Hormuz?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><main id=\"main-content-area\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Main content area\"><\/p>\n<div class>\n<header><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/inside-story\/\"><span>Inside Story<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/header>\n<p>Some countries threaten action against Iran\u2019s blockade of waterway.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>When the US and Israel launched their joint offensive on Iran more than a month ago, Tehran moved quickly to block the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the Revolutionary Guard has allowed some vessels to transit. But the majority, about 3,000, are stranded.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/3\/how-war-on-iran-turned-pakistans-lng-surplus-into-a-looming-shortage\">How war on Iran turned Pakistan\u2019s LNG surplus into a looming shortage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2026\/4\/3\/war-crimes-are-no-longer-shameful-that-should-terrify-you\">War crimes are no longer shameful. That should terrify you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/3\/trump-says-with-more-time-us-can-take-the-oil-in-iran\">Trump says with more time, US can \u2018take the oil\u2019 in Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>And Iran is accused of holding the global economy hostage.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the UK hosted a meeting of 40 countries to discuss the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The gathering yielded no concrete results, except for an acknowledgement that further consultations were needed.<\/p>\n<p>So, how should the Strait of Hormuz and other vital shipping routes be governed in times of war?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> Rishaad Salamat<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hassan Ahmadian \u2013 Associate professor at the University of Tehran<\/p>\n<p>Rockford Weitz \u2013 Maritime studies programme director at Tufts University\u2019s Fletcher School<\/p>\n<p>Craig Murray \u2013 Maritime specialist and former maritime section head of the UK\u2019s Foreign Office<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside Story Some countries threaten action against Iran\u2019s blockade of waterway. When the US and Israel launched their joint offensive on Iran more than a month ago, Tehran moved quickly to block the Strait of Hormuz. Since then, the Revolutionary Guard has allowed some vessels to transit. But the majority, about 3,000, are stranded. Recommended &#8230; <a title=\"Will force be used to reopen Strait of Hormuz?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/will-force-be-used-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Will force be used to reopen Strait of Hormuz?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}