Iran denies any plans for inspectors to visit nuclear sites

12m ago Monday ship traffic through Strait of Hormuz highest since start of war, data shows At least 35 commodity carriers transited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, a record level since the start of the Middle East war in late February, according to data from the maritime tracking firm Kpler. The 35 passages represent nearly a third of normal peacetime traffic, which was around 120 per day through the strait, which normally sees around a fifth of the world's oil and gas exports. The total count for Monday crossings is expected to rise further as ships are detected later by maritime trackers. Vessels will sometimes switch off their location transponders to transit the strait. 12m ago Iran denies plans for nuclear inspection of sites damaged in war Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said Tuesday that there is no plan yet to allow inspectors from the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency to return to Iranian nuclear sites that were severely damaged by U.S. and Israeli strikes a year ago, casting doubt on a remark made Monday by Vice President JD Vance. "We have not had a meeting with the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, nor do we have any plans for the agency to inspect Iran's nuclear facilities damaged by the U.S. and Zionist military aggression," Esmaeil Baqaei said at a press conference. Vance said Monday that Iran had agreed to let IAEA inspectors visit the nuclear sites as soon as this week following talks with Tehran's negotiators. …