Tehran accused of ‘weaponising’ Hormuz as oil gains ahead of US-Iran talks

NewsBusinessTehran accused of ‘weaponising’ Hormuz as oil gains ahead of US-Iran talksAbu Dhabi’s oil chief says nearly 230 vessels sit loaded with crude and ready to sailMaroosha Muzaffar Friday 10 April 2026 11:56 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2955027","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/strait-hormuz-oil-prices-abu-dhabi-company-b2955027.html","title":"Tehran accused of ‘weaponising’ Hormuz as oil gains ahead of US-Iran talks"}}CloseRelated: Why Israel’s bombing of Lebanon means all our futures are at stakeFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Breaking_Newsletter","regTitle":"Breaking News","subscriptionGroup":"breaking_news","subscriptionGroupId":"ea81aa66-1d12-4313-9b4e-6f20b0117b8f","type":"breaking_news","pathPrefix":["/news/uk/crime","/news/world","/topic/race","/topic/racism","/topic/race-and-ethnicity","/topic/diversity","/topic/ethnic-minorities","/topic/muslim","/topic/black","/topic/black-british","/topic/african-americans","/topic/systemic-racism","/topic/bame"],"title":"For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails","mobileTitle":"Sign up to our free breaking news emails","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/breakingNews1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveIndyBreakingNews","regSourceSection...