Security Council LIVE: Fragile Gulf calm tested as threats to Hormuz shipping mount
UN News
Nearly nine months after Israeli and US strikes on Iran set off a regional war, the Gulf remains on a knife edge. Iran has all but 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 stop a return to full-scale fighting have yet to produce a deal. The Security Council is meeting at Bahrain’s request to discuss the threat to regional and maritime security. Follow live below – and for full meetings coverage year round, go here.
Key Facts
The war began on 28 February. Iran then struck US military assets and other targets in six Gulf States and Jordan
In March, the council adopted resolution 2817, which condemned Iran’s attacks and its threats to navigation. China and Russia abstained
A 60-day US–Iran ceasefire, mediated by Pakistan in June, lapsed in August without a peace deal
Transits through Hormuz remain around 65 per cent below pre-conflict levels, according to UK Maritime Trade Operations, and October saw the most incidents since the war began
Transits through the Bab al-Mandab Strait are down by roughly a quarter since the Houthis declared a blockade on Saudi-linked shipping in July
