{"id":14142,"date":"2026-03-30T06:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/iran-signals-control-over-strait-of-hormuz-amid-escalating-conflict\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T06:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:54:14","slug":"iran-signals-control-over-strait-of-hormuz-amid-escalating-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/iran-signals-control-over-strait-of-hormuz-amid-escalating-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran signals control over Strait of Hormuz amid escalating conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-id=\"12500cf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<figure class=\"article-body-image section\" data-js=\"article-body-image\" data-test=\"article-body-image\"><picture class=\"picture--block article-body-image__source  \"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/africaeconews.co.ke\/content\/dam\/world-news\/2026\/03\/29\/TELEMMGLPICT000476120624_17747693011970_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq1jEdJGp1DKo6SYFsq2yaf2yrZXKAf8cP8MNASYtYWsw.jpeg?imwidth=960\" media=\"( min-width: 1280px )\"\/><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/africaeconews.co.ke\/content\/dam\/world-news\/2026\/03\/29\/TELEMMGLPICT000476120624_17747693011970_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq1jEdJGp1DKo6SYFsq2yaf2yrZXKAf8cP8MNASYtYWsw.jpeg?imwidth=680\" media=\"( min-width: 768px )\"\/><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/africaeconews.co.kehttps:\/\/africaeconews.co.ke\/content\/dam\/world-news\/2026\/03\/29\/TELEMMGLPICT000476120624_17747693011970_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq1jEdJGp1DKo6SYFsq2yaf2yrZXKAf8cP8MNASYtYWsw.jpeg?imwidth=480&amp;imdensity=2\" media=\"( min-width: 350px ) and ( -webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2 )\"\/><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/africaeconews.co.ke\/content\/dam\/world-news\/2026\/03\/29\/TELEMMGLPICT000476120624_17747693011970_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq1jEdJGp1DKo6SYFsq2yaf2yrZXKAf8cP8MNASYtYWsw.jpeg?imwidth=480\" media=\"( min-width: 350px )\"\/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<h6><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A crucial early<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2026\/03\/29\/iran-war-latest-news-trump-pentagon-ground-operation\/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_fb_photo_news-trump-pentagon-ground-operation%2F&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawQ1yvlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF6Z01TS3g1ZUNBMTV1M2Vsc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtd4U6EvB-WISnYRieD6QoObU1jDlc_dnwIPoadADdeTRM5eF6y-xrnHWR50_aem_Kgn2zPwsZiJtSsDnrKxGHA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warning radar plane<\/a>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">used to provide commanders with a real-time picture of war, was destroyed in an Iranian attack on the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia on Friday. PHOTO\/UGC.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<p>By PATRICK MAYOYO<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaeconews.co.ke\/iran-signals-control-over-strait-of-hormuz-amid-escalating-conflict\/mailto:pmayoyo@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pmayoyo@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Iranian Embassy in Nairobi has confirmed that maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz \u201chas not been suspended or closed\u201d and continues to operate under measures adopted in the current wartime environment.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on 27 March 2026, the embassy said that non-belligerent states and vessels may continue to transit the&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/africaeconews.co.ke\/iran-signals-control-over-strait-of-hormuz-amid-escalating-conflict\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=iran-signals-control-over-strait-of-hormuz-amid-escalating-conflict\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crucial early warning radar plane, used to provide commanders with a real-time picture of war, was destroyed in an Iranian attack&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3454,3507],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-afrique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}