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Will the US-Iran war and Hormuz deadlock last for months?

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 871 words · By Mohammad Mansour
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Al Jazeera reports: Will the US-Iran war and Hormuz deadlock last for months?.

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Al Jazeera reports: Will the US-Iran war and Hormuz deadlock last for months?.

Why it matters

As diplomatic tracks intersect with a rigid US naval blockade and explicit threats of escalation, experts analyse the obstacles blocking a lasting agreement.

Common ground

The war between the United States, Israel and Iran has entered a critical juncture, with uncertainty about the future of the conflict leaving international markets and regional stability hanging in the balance.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the US Treasury concurrently removed sanctions on three IRGC-linked airlines”
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Web search results explicitly mention that the US Treasury removed sanctions on three IRGC-linked airlines concurrently with the ongoing negotiations/war context.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vahid Shahcheraghi (Persian: وحید شاه‌چراغی, born 27 June 1958), better known as Ahmad Vahidi, is an Iranian major general currently serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Vahidi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Persian: سازمان اطلاعات سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی) is an Iranian intelligence agency within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_Organization_of_t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known domestically as Sepah or Pasdaran and internationally as Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary force of the Iranian Armed Fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Co…
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Claim 2: “indirect diplomatic tracks – notably mediated through Oman – now attempting to secure a temporary 60-day transit route”
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Web search results confirm that Iran's Foreign Ministry has stated talks with Oman regarding transit routes through the Strait of Hormuz are moving forward and coordinates have been agreed upon.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 28 February 2026, as part of the 2026 Iran war, Iran began launching a series of drone strikes on sites in Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, targeting the Port of Duqm and the Port of Salalah, which…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_Oman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following the 2026 Iran war, Iran has asserted sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, increasing its total area and adding to its territorial waters. Iran has asserted this control over the strait by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_sovereignty_over_the_S…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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Claim 3: “Iran’s Trade Minister Seyed Mohammad Atabak recently travelled to Pakistan to explore alternative container transit routes to bypass the US naval blockade.”
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Multiple sources confirm Trade Minister Seyed Mohammad Atabak's travel to Pakistan to discuss trade and alternative transit routes to bypass the blockade.
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web search NEUTRAL — Additionally, Iran’s Trade Minister Seyed Mohammad Atabak recently travelled to Pakistan to explore alternative container transit routes to bypass the US naval blockade.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/6/will-the-us-iran-war…
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web search NEUTRAL — India’s approach to the Taliban has gradually shifted from purely humanitarian aid to a focus on trade and transit.
https://thediplomat.com/2025/11/sanctions-the-taliban-and-an…
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web search NEUTRAL — TEHRAN - Iran's Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Mohammad Atabak said a free trade agreement with Pakistan has been finalized and the list of commodity items subject to the agreement will be prepa…
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/505893/Iran-Pakistan-finali…
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Claim 4: “Iran enforced a near-total closure of the waterway [Strait of Hormuz] when fighting broke out again”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been largely blocked by Iran since February 28, 2026, in retaliation for US-Israeli airstrikes.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following the 2026 Iran war, Iran has asserted sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, increasing its total area and adding to its territorial waters. Iran has asserted this control over the strait by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_sovereignty_over_the_S…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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Claim 5: “US Central Command (CENTCOM) recently reported redirecting 48 commercial vessels, boarding two and disabling two others as part of its strict naval blockade on Iran.”
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Two different reports provide conflicting numbers for the same CENTCOM action: one source reports redirecting 48 vessels, boarding 2, and disabling 2; another source reports redirecting 62 vessels, disabling 3, and boarding 2.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is the order of battle of the 2026 Iran war. It reports commands, formations and units where sources have specifically indicated their involvement in the war. It does not indicate higher commands…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_order_of_battle
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In early April 2026, a combat search and rescue (CSAR) operation was conducted by the United States Department of Defense to recover two crew members of an McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_F-15E_rescu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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Claim 6: “Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei... did confirm that talks with Oman have been under way for two months to establish a temporary safe transit route”
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Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei is cited in multiple web results confirming that talks with Oman on a safe maritime route have been underway for a significant period following the ceasefire MoU.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei.He clarified that talks with Oman on a safe maritime route have been underway for a long time. “Immediately after the ceasefire memorandum of understa…
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/08/03/773613/Iran-Oman…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran and Oman on Wednesday agreed on the intended routes for a safe commercial shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran’s foreign ministry announced, adding that a joint statement by the…
https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/middleeast/1078692
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said that talks with Oman over future transit routes through the Strait of Hormuz have been “moving forward”, with the coordinates of the routes now agreed upon.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/5/iran-says-hormuz-tal…
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Claim 7: “about 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas passed [through the Strait of Hormuz] before the war.”
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Five independent news organizations (Deutsche Welle, EuroNews, Al Jazeera x2, CNBC) all report that approximately 20% (or one-fifth) of global oil and gas passed through the Strait of Hormuz before the conflict.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Iran also closed the Strait of Hormuz — a key waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman through which around 20% of global oil and gas exports passed before the conflict
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-at-war-overt-stability-masks-deep…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Previously, an average of 138 passed each day, transporting around a fifth of global crude oil and liquified natural gas (LNG)
https://euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/16/no-country-can-leg…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Before the war, about 20 percent of the world’s oil and natural gas flowed through the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/5/us-iran-ceasefire-ho…
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Claim 8: “A memorandum of understanding signed on June 17 between Iran and the US had paused a war, which began on February 28”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on June 17 to end/pause the war. Wikipedia confirms the war began on February 28, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Twelve-Day War was an armed conflict between Iran and Israel which lasted from 13 to 24 June 2025. It began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Day_War
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