Iran war live: Chinese vessels allowed to sail Hormuz as Trump meets Xi
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Iran war live: Chinese vessels allowed to sail Hormuz as Trump meets Xi
Al Jazeera May14th2026
- Dozens of vessels including Chinese-owned have passed through the Strait of Hormuz under Iran’s “management protocols”, the Revolutionary Guard says, as Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping discuss the crucial waterway.
- Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi has denounced the US and Israel for “expansionism and warmongering” saying instability in the Middle East is a “lose-lose proposition for all sides – including the aggressors”.
- Several Israeli civilians have been wounded and evacuated to a hospital for treatment after an explosive drone launched by Hezbollah slammed into Israeli territory.
- The Israeli prime minister’s office says Benjamin Netanyahu “secretly visited” the United Arab Emirates during attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran – a statement the UAE’s Foreign Ministry denied.
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8m ago(15:35 GMT)
Strait of Hormuz open to everyone ‘except adversaries’
The Iranian side has decided not to reveal the details of ships being allowed to transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
Still, we know that state TV has cited an official linked to the IRGC as saying that, starting last night, at least 30 ships have been given the green light to go through.
We also have the Fars news agency reporting that some of these vessels belong to Chinese companies, and this fits into Iran’s new grand strategy for the strait.
Iranian officials are saying the strait is not fully open and not fully closed. They say it is open to everyone, except their adversaries. They are trying to put this grand strategy into practice.
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13m ago(15:30 GMT)ANALYSIS
Tehran strengthens BRICS ties as US pressures Beijing to isolate Iran
“Two parallel mechanisms” are underway as President Trump visits China and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is in India at a BRICS meeting, says analyst Abas Aslani.
“On the one side, Trump is trying to pressure and convince China in order to stop its … diplomatic, economic, as well as military cooperation with Iran,” the senior research fellow at the Center for Middle East Strategic Studies told Al Jazeera.
Washington had hoped to use “the victory in a war with Iran” as leverage with Beijing, Aslani argued, but “now it is vice versa”.
“They are asking for help from China to pressure Iran,” he said, noting there are “serious questions on whether China will cooperate”.
“At the end of the day, if the US has control over the Persian Gulf and Iran’s energy facilities and the region that can be used as leverage against China in the longer run… That undermines the cooperation between the two sides.”
From Tehran’s perspective, recent meetings in China, as well as with Russia, India, and other countries within the BRICS framework, are important from an “economic” point of view, Aslani noted.
“Iran is trying to use different alternatives, like its land borders with 15 other countries, as well as … cooperation with other global powers and countries to somehow compensate for the ongoing situation.”
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