Follow real-time developments as the US-Israel war with Iran intensifies across the Middle East, triggering missile attacks, drone interceptions, naval clashes and mounting geopolitical tensions.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, who Israel suspects was wounded in the opening salvo of the war, has not ...

With attacks and threats, Tehran is using the world’s most important transit point for oil and gas as leverage against its enemies. The paths of ships struck in and near the Persian Gulf Note: Damage ...

Follow live NBC News coverage and latest updates on the Iran war, as Tehran attacks ships around the Strait of Hormuz, the ...

Economist Olivier Blanchard said oil prices could climb to $200, as fully protecting ships in the Strait of Hormuz is nearly impossible.

Iran will fight on and keep the Strait of Hormuz shut as leverage against the United States and Israel, new Supreme Leader ...

T he death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the first day of the Iran war generated hope that the regime change the Trump administration and Israel yearned for would come to pass, perhaps ...

Iran has been accused of littering the Strait of Hormuz with mines as the key oil route becomes a battleground in its war ...

The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation, ...

The war in the Middle East is now causing the "largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market," according to the International Energy Agency.

Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a late Thursday speech that the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global oil trade, should remain shut.