For almost two months and the outbreak of the war against Iran led by the United States and Israel, traffic has been at a standstill in the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) transited before the conflict, but which is now subject to a double Iranian and American blockade.
Published on: 04/24/2026 - 08:54
On April 17, Iran announced the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz... only to close it the next day, specifying that it would remain inaccessible until the American blockade on Iranian ports was lifted.
On April 21, Donald Trump unilaterally extended the truce with Iran until further notice to allow negotiations, mediated by Pakistan, to continue regardless. This did not prevent the American navy from attacking an Iranian cargo ship and Iran from firing on ships in the strait.
In this endless standoff, Donald Trump is in a hurry to get out of this war in which he has become entangled and whose global economic consequences are being felt heavily. While on the other hand, the Iranian regime, although very weakened, has understood that time is on its side... Until when?
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Emad Hajjaj is a Jordanian cartoonist born in the West Bank in 1967. He graduated from Yarmouk University in graphic design and journalism since 1991 and works for various local and regional newspapers in Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. He has long been among the 100 most influential Arab people in the Arabian Business Magazine's annual list and has won several awards, including best cartoonist, the Al Hussein Journalist Creativity Award, in 2001, the Arabic Press Award 2006 awarded by the Dubai Press Club and the prize for the most published cartoon in the Arab media for the year 2005.
Cartooning for Peace is an international network of cartoonists committed to promoting, through the universality of press cartoons, freedom of expression, human rights and mutual respect between populations of different cultures or beliefs.
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