The Trump administration’s alleged Hormuz blockade is a high-risk, low-reward gambit that will roil global energy markets, stoke inflation, and expose Washington’s strategic overreach, while Tehran holds alternative export routes and asymmetric leverage.

Shipping data indicates that three Iran-linked tankers entered the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the first day of a US attempt to impose a blockade.

An analyst warns the Yemenis may decide to close the Bab el-Mandeb to help Iran tackle a planned US blockade.

Russia pledges to provide “all possible assistance” to Cuba as the United States intensifies its illegal blockade of oil supplies to the Caribbean country.

Iran says people can continue accessing online services through the country’s domestic network.

Head of the Government Media Office in Gaza says medicine has become a weapon in the hands of the Israeli occupiers.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 02:00 GMT on December 25, 2025.