FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Iran’s top joint military command announced on 11 June that it was closing the Strait of Hormuz to all traffic, including oil tankers and commercial vessels, warning that any ship attempting to pass through would be fired upon. The announcement raised further concerns about global energy supplies, as the Strait has not been operating normally for more than three months. Reacting to the situation, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that restrictions on navigational rights and freedoms in and around the Strait of Hormuz are causing hardship and instability worldwide. RelatedNews Three seafarers missing after US strikes in Gulf of Oman Tanker strike off Oman leaves one crew dead and two missing var jnews_module_21375331_0_6a2a806a37e8a = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21375331","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4346,280,2647","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_