The Strait of Hormuz as captured by NASA’s MODIS instrument in December 2020. The narrow passage between Iran (top) and the Musandam

TEHRAN — Hours after Iran signed the Hormuz MOU on June 15, the IRGC Navy radioed a US destroyer conducting mine-clearance operations

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron convened a dedicated Arab-leaders session on the Strait of Hormuz at the G7 summit in Evian

DUBAI — Saudi Arabia signed two documents in twenty-five days that cannot both be true. The first, dated May 21, 2026, was

TEHRAN — Iran notified the United Nations on June 15 that non-hostile ships may transit the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia holds no representation in any of the active venues where the United States-Iran memorandum of understanding and Strait

Khafji, Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province oil city, photographed from the International Space Station during ISS Expedition 45 (2015). The city sits adjacent

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on June 14 that the United States and Iran had reached a peace deal,

REPLACEMENT MADE RIYADH — Pakistan declared on June 14, 2026, that a US-Iran peace deal had been “reached” and thanked Saudi Arabia

TEHRAN — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps broadcast an audio warning to all commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz on June

BEIRUT — Israeli jets struck a Hezbollah communications command center in the Ghobeiry area of Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, on the morning

TEHRAN — The memorandum of understanding that the United States and Iran were scheduled to sign in Geneva on June 14 prohibits

TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told state broadcaster IRIB on June 13 that any agreement ending the war must cover

TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated on June 14, 2026 — the day the US-Iran Islamabad MOU was scheduled for

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia ended twenty-four days of public silence on the Iran framework on June 13, 2026, not through a State