<h1>Strait of Hormuz access disrupted, prompting multinational responses and elevated risks to regional shipping and energy flows.</h1> A civilian freight convoy returning from Afghanistan to Turkey was struck near Zanjan in northwest Iran, killing a Turkish truck driver and leaving his vehicle shredded by shrapnel with a large crater at the site. Concurrent regional developments include restrictions on Strait of Hormuz access for certain states, discussion of strikes on energy infrastructure, a planned phased partial shutdown by a major aluminum producer due to blocked exports, and humanitarian and ordnance-clearance responses to civilian impacts.