23\/04\/2026 – 10:28Iran official says Tehran received first revenue from Strait of Hormuz tolls<\/p>\n
A senior Iranian parliament official said on Thursday that Tehran has received the first revenue from tolls it imposed on the strategic Strait of Hormuz in its war with the United States and Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“The first revenue received from the Strait of Hormuz tolls was deposited into the Central Bank account,” said Hamidreza Hajibabaei, deputy speaker of parliament, according to Tasnim news agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Other Iranian media carried the same statement, without elaborating.\u00a0<\/p>\n
23\/04\/2026 – 09:53Clearing Hormuz Strait mines could take six months, report says<\/p>\n
A Pentagon assessment said it could take six months to completely clear the Strait of Hormuz of Iranian-laid mines, which could keep oil prices high, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Iran has all but blocked the vital waterway since the start of a war with the United States and Israel, sharply driving up oil and gas prices and disrupting the global economy.<\/p>\n
The strait \u2013 through which one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas passes in peacetime \u2013 has remained largely closed during a shaky ceasefire, with the US imposing its own blockade.<\/p>\n
Even if hostilities end and the blockade lifts, it could take months to clear the waterway of mines, according to a Pentagon assessment, the Washington Post reported, citing officials close to the discussion.<\/p>\n
The assessment added that it was unlikely such an operation would begin before the end of the war.<\/p>\n
23\/04\/2026 – 09:42FM Barrot says death of French soldiers in Lebanon a ‘war crime’<\/p>\n
French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot on Wednesday said the attack that killed two French soldiers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was a “war crime”.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo attack UN peacekeepers in this way \u2014 soldiers who are clearly identifiable on the ground \u2014 is not only a war crime, but also an attack on the entire international community,\u201d Barrot told radio station Franceinfo.<\/p>\n
23\/04\/2026 – 08:46Japan calls for safe navigation through Strait of Hormuz<\/p>\n
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday called for “safe navigation” through the Strait of Hormuz, which is currently tightly controlled by Tehran as the US maintains its blockade of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n
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In a social media post, Takaichi said she spoke with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman to thank him for the country’s continued supply of crude oil to Japan via the port of Yanbu. <\/p>\n
The prime minister also called for the current US-Iran ceasefire “to be maintained” and the securing of “safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz”.<\/p>\n
23\/04\/2026 – 05:23A longer Iran conflict could boost risk for Ukraine securing missile defences, Zelensky says<\/p>\n
Ukraine could face \u2060increased risks in securing \u200bUS anti-missile defences if the war in Iran goes on for \u200ban extended period of time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Zelensky, interviewed by CNN, said\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0received limited numbers of such weaponry \u200bbecause \u200cUS production was limited, but so far it \u2060had experienced no disruption in supplies or in the provision of intelligence.<\/p>\n
Zelensky said\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0was \u200cable to secure US weaponry through the PURL programme under \u2060which NATO countries can finance the purchase of weapons for Kyiv.<\/p>\n
23\/04\/2026 – 04:52Soccer-Trump envoy seeks to replace Iran with Italy in upcoming World Cup, FT reports<\/p>\n
A top envoy to US President Donald Trump has asked FIFA to replace Iran with Italy in the upcoming World Cup, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The plan is an effort to repair \u200bties between \u200cTrump and Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after the two fell out amid the American \u2060president’s attacks against Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war, the FT reported, citing people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n
“I confirm I have suggested to Trump and (FIFA president Gianni) Infantino \u200cthat Italy replace Iran at the World Cup. I’m an Italian native and it would be \u2060a dream to see the Azzurri at a US-hosted tournament. With four titles, they have the pedigree to justify inclusion,” US special envoy Paolo Zampolli told the FT.<\/p>\n
23\/04\/2026 – 04:50Stocks sink and oil rises with Iran, US no closer to peace talks<\/p>\n
Asian stocks fell and oil prices rose Thursday as the United States and Iran appeared no closer to holding fresh peace talks and Tehran continued to refuse to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Hopes that the two would meet for a second round of negotiations in Pakistan have dissipated, with the Islamic republic targeting three container ships in the waterway and citing Washington’s blockade as its reason for keeping it closed.<\/p>\n
Investors have spent most of the week upbeat that a breakthrough to end the seven-week conflict will be made soon, while healthy earnings and a resumption of the AI trade has also provided support.<\/p>\n
Crude prices jumped as much as four percent in early Asian business after global security monitors and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Iranian forces had seized two ships and fired on a third in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
23\/04\/2026 – 04:18Iran’s Araqchi tells South Korea envoy “aggressors” responsible for consequences of war, Tehran says<\/p>\n
Iranian \u200bForeign Minister Abbas \u200bAraqchi told a South Korean \u200bspecial \u200cenvoy \u2060that responsibility for \u200cthe consequences of \u2060the war lay with “aggressors”, referring \u200bto \u200cthe United States and Israel, \u200cIran’s Foreign Ministry \u200bsaid on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The envoy, Chang Byung-ha, \u200bheld a \u200bmeeting \u200bwith Araqchi in Tehran, \u200bthe ministry said in a post \u2060on X.<\/p>\n
23\/04\/2026 – 03:18Lebanon meets Israel in Washington to request truce extension<\/p>\n
Israel and Lebanon hold a new round of talks in Washington on Thursday, during which Beirut plans to request a one-month extension of a ceasefire due to expire within days.<\/p>\n
Israel stated ahead of the talks that it has no “serious disagreements” with Lebanon, calling on it to “work together” against the pro-Iran Hezbollah, which is notably absent from and opposed to the negotiations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two countries, officially at war for decades, held a meeting in Washington on April 14, the first of its kind since 1993, in an attempt to put an end to the more than six-week war between Hezbollah and Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The United States announced a 10-day truce shortly after the first meeting, and it is due to expire on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 2,454 people and displaced one million since the start of the war, according to Lebanese authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"23\/04\/2026 – 10:28Iran official says Tehran received first revenue from Strait of Hormuz tolls A senior Iranian parliament…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,87,117780,46,88,47,22649,43,158728,114994,48717,2586],"class_list":{"0":"post-406565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-iran-war","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-lebanon","13":"tag-middle-east","14":"tag-navy","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-oil-and-gas-industry","17":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","18":"tag-us-military","19":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}