Al Jazeera Arabic·Aug 20, 3:27 PM ETThe U.S. Treasury: Sanctions include a network that transfers funding to Hezbollah linked to a former financing official of the Quds Force.
Fars News Agency·Aug 20, 3:15 PM ETAl Jazeera: Ships defy most of the U.S. orders 🔹Al Jazeera, citing data from the company Kepler, reported that from the 1st to the 19th of August, 236 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz, of which 83 clearly used the Iranian route, while only 3 ships passed through the Omani route. 🔹According to this report, among 112 oil and gas tankers that passed through, 21 ships chose the Iranian route and only 2 opted for the Omani route. 🔹Al Jazeera noted that the statistics show ships are actually more inclined to ignore U.S. orders, with a significantly larger number of vessels passing through the route established by Iran.
Al Jazeera Arabic·Aug 20, 2:58 PM ETU.S. Vice President: We must ensure the passage of more energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz.
Al Jazeera Arabic·Aug 20, 2:55 PM ETUS Vice President: Economic pressure on Iran is changing its calculations regarding the agreement it wants to enter into with us.
Al Hadath·Aug 20, 2:38 PM ETYemen is moving to unify its maritime security amid rising Houthi threats.
Amichai Stein (Diplomatic Correspondent)·Aug 20, 1:44 PM ET🚨 US administration re-designating Hizballah as an organization who gives service to the Iranian regime under the command of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF).English translation🚨 The US administration is re-designating Hizballah as an organization that provides service to the Iranian regime under the command of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF).Amichai Stein (Diplomatic Correspondent) · View on X
Al Jazeera Arabic·Aug 20, 1:43 PM ETThe U.S. Treasury: Sanctions include intermediaries moving hundreds of millions between Lebanon, Turkey, the UAE, and Iran for Hezbollah.
IRIB News·Aug 20, 1:41 PM ET🎦 The U.S. has named its next defeat an economic war. 🔹This expression was made by our Deputy Foreign Minister regarding the threats made by the U.S. President against Iran.
Al Jazeera Arabic·Aug 20, 1:40 PM ETThe U.S. Treasury: Hezbollah and its allies are exploiting financing methods that include oil smuggling, illicit shipping, and money laundering.
Asr Iran·Aug 20, 1:11 PM ETU.S. Treasury Secretary: A large-scale military conflict with Iran is unlikely to resume.
Al Jazeera Arabic·Aug 20, 12:10 PM ETU.S. Central Command: We changed the course of 67 ships and disabled 3 since the resumption of the blockade on Iran.