{"id":44406,"date":"2026-04-18T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/18\/middle-east-crisis-live-iran-warns-it-will-close-strait-of-hormuz-if-us-blockade-continues-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T00:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:15:00","slug":"middle-east-crisis-live-iran-warns-it-will-close-strait-of-hormuz-if-us-blockade-continues-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/18\/middle-east-crisis-live-iran-warns-it-will-close-strait-of-hormuz-if-us-blockade-continues-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East crisis live: Iran warns it will close strait of Hormuz if US blockade continues &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxPN2dIanZOay1Ra215TlhtWG5wejU4U2dtaDh1c0Z2S3hDZUtqOUh1a2ZpN25KcF9DN0tFS2F3TzBSNXc1THVZQVlDWkVGdlZKWlU0SWhyM1J1cGpNeUd3WHc1bk1GTGhtM2hlclZpbkxydXlPNWxfUE1CcTVEUjRGQ1Y0aVF0eV9SeWlvMVFsalIycWhIc3hqSnVaUGRWeDJhODM2NXFfM0VBOEJXSXhEX2lmbkEzNVFyMkV4UG5Eb29HU2xZbm1pTElDUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Middle East crisis live: Iran warns it will close strait of Hormuz if US blockade continues<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxOazVYeGhSRzhpd1VXZFZjVkM1R3NMRlJkNmRMci1JdTUxcUpiNjhtYWVNVVBvLVQ5Vm5EdElXYnluUFhOaEc4WC1GUzlkdU5TWFhCTWE5aVd3dG0wSzJkZk1yNDBuaUd3NjJOMHlBckEzb3Eyek42ZzRzNDlqS3huVm9VZUxvd0FEMk5mQVdUNlRFX1k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Timeline: War with Iran and a global oil shock<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNS19QUExJbnhBcFZWb0x3Mm5FVmhYUHRwa0lzY0VONHU2blJXdm1fN09GdTVVTWhyaUlyTjFPazlGazJXMlpXWi1sbnIwUnR0MnpObHZuQk93LS15RkNrRXhqM2JrN2VBNDRHY29LTFRwMFloOG1QbXhEcTVSTTVuZm5YbzUtOHVaSUc4bEg3SDE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump news at a glance: president celebrates strait of Hormuz reopening, though Iran officials warn they could close it again<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxOS3REV0RXQWtNZll6NlpPR1NET3pETGpudHRXRzh5TjJuT1NwcTZjWWxMNEFGQ1dtNUI2eXE2S0RMVG1WQ0hFS19VZ05HUDY3ajM1Mi1ZSFRaZ2Z3c3hKWmlsTHh6cVFhSUZSZDkwUEJMbl9EQm1BdUNwc2ZHenk1UUx30gGHAUFVX3lxTE1tRnFIWmFvNUF5NHlKOWJBbGY0MUd2dTRneEtzNnZGcmFGTXhGVG16cTBncTg5WkxKUjNSaWtqRHFzbVNHd24ybFNGSkJhUFFnTWFCQ25QVWNRZkFiR0Q0MlhDWFlCTkZpV3B6WHY5YTVsaXdmaldpY3BOd1NWTzlYek41YWhWNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran says Strait of Hormuz will close again amid US blockade<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxNczhYVTVYcWpJTnJqMnF3bXdOdVpkWWxUaV94R1llVG1OU2tTTng0ckhXaHZtZEtkU2lPVmxWVW1oX2dRSUtmTHFuQTN3MXB5a1l3NW82ZWYwVmtXanl2WTRBdlltdTVRb0RYWkxfRVAwSmk4Qnpkd3k2bDFwdlRCWGcybk5lQ3R6YWtraGl0LXFhekpzN0Nn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Oil prices drop 9% and Wall Street rallies to a record after Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middle East crisis live: Iran warns it will close strait of Hormuz if US blockade continues&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian Timeline: War with Iran and a global oil&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/18\/middle-east-crisis-live-iran-warns-it-will-close-strait-of-hormuz-if-us-blockade-continues-the-guardian\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}