Security Council LIVE: Fragile Gulf calm tested as threats to Hormuz shipping mount
According to UN News, nearly nine months after Israeli and US strikes on Iran triggered a regional war, the situation in the Gulf remains on a knife edge. Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, which carried a fifth of the world’s oil before the conflict. Attacks on shipping are rising, and efforts to prevent a return to full-scale fighting have yet to produce a deal. The UN Security Council is meeting at the request of Bahrain to discuss threats to regional and maritime security.