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Iran declared on April 17 that the Strait of Hormuz will be “completely open” for as long as the ceasefire in Lebanon goes on.
A ten-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon was announced a day earlier by United States President Donald Trump.
“In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of the ceasefire,” wrote Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on X.
However, the minister noted that all ships must sail “on the coordinated route as already announced” by the Islamic Republic.
A senior Iranian official later told Reuters that all commercial ships, including U.S. vessels, can sail through the Strait of Hormuz, although their plans need to be coordinated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The official added that transits would be restricted to lanes Iran deemed safe, stressing that military vessels were still prohibited from crossing the strait.
Trump was quick to celebrate Iran’s announcement on Truth Social, referring to the Strait of Hormuz as the “STRAIT OF IRAN.”
“IRAN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE STRAIT OF IRAN IS FULLY OPEN AND READY FOR FULL PASSAGE,” he wrote.
In a follow up post, Trump said that the U.S. naval blockade on Iran-linked ships passing through the waterway will remain in effect,
“THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS COMPLETELY OPEN AND READY FOR BUSINESS AND FULL PASSAGE, BUT THE NAVAL BLOCKADE WILL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS IT PERTAINS TO IRAN ONLY, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS OUR TRANSACTION WITH IRAN IS 100% COMPLETE,” TRUMP wrote.
“THIS PROCESS SHOULD GO VERY QUICKLY, IN THAT MOST OF THE POINTS ARE ALREADY NEGOTIATED,” he said, referring to a brewing deal with Iran to permanently end the war.
Trump added in another post that “Iran, with the help of the USA, has removed, or is removing, all sea mines,” from the Strait of Hormuz.
He claimed in one more post to Truth Social that “Iran has agreed to never close the Strait of Hormuz again,” although the Islamic Republic made no such announcement.
“It will no longer be used as a weapon against the World!” Trump added.
These developments came right after Axios reported that the U.S. and Iran are discussing a proposal to permanently end their war that includes the Islamic Republic handing over its stockpile of enriched uranium in exchange for Washington releasing $20 billion in frozen Iranian funds.
Trump, however, indirectly denied the report, also pushing back against reports suggesting that the ceasefire with Iran was related to Lebanon.
“The USA will get all Nuclear ‘dust’ created by our great B2 Bombers. No money will exchange hands in any way, shape, or form,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“This deal is in no way subject to Lebanon, either, but the USA will, separately, work with Lebanon, and deal with the Hezboolah situation in an appropriate manner. Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer,” he continued.
“They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the USA. Enough is enough,” he added.
Following Iran’s announcement and Trump’s remarks U.S. crude oil plunged 12% to nearly $83 per barrel, while international Brent crude also slid more than 11% to around $88 per barrel.
The latest developments indicate that a deal between the U.S. and Iran may be around the corner. Still, things could quickly fall apart, especially that there is still no trust between the two countries. Even if an agreement was reached, it may not hold up for long.
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shipping lanes through the straits of hormuz have always been ‘opened’ for passage.
«opened’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘free’ —– the tolls will continue.
this is donny’s way of trying to exit gracefully with a deiusionai ‘win’ in his pocket that his followers might buy.
until the us naval fleet is removed, real peace will not come.
direction of engagement: the division is oriented south toward houthi-controlled selling out yemen houthi pa deployment of the pakistani 25th mechanised division to the saudi-yemen border
»trump says regime has agreed to indefinitely suspend nuclear program»
they did no such thing — their people would never allow that —– heads would most definitely roll.
that would be like telling the people of iran that the last 50 years of deprivation was for nothing.
trump lies all the time, you can’t believe a word he says.
we are not seeing “agreement”, we are seeing “capitulation”.
yes, iran has been publicly beaten, humiliated 😣🤛 and placed in the dog house 🕋, for it’s own good, let’s hope it learns it’s lesson, otherwise = 🇮🇷-> ☄=🔥
errr…no. shitrael failed to regime change iran. shitrael failed in every objective. iran withstood everything ussa and shitrael had. you hook noses were defeated
yeah, by the us and isreal to iran. hahahahha
starting “commercial” shipping to u.s. bases full of commercially viable interceptors and ammunition.
iran has opened wide, and even if they didn’t wanted to be opened, we would have opened them anyway just like we did to abner louima.
heckyeah. we talk softly but carry a big broomstick and go far, where no man has gone before.
using it on your own you never have achieved much with it post 1945, let alone 1776. hahahaha
jews are good at making bacterial colonies, not much else. iran is far wiser than shitrael. you will see why
churchill thought like that about turkey in1915. hehehhehehe
this ‘ceasefire’ with the usadmin is dependent on the isreali apartheid regime sticking to the agreement. as the plan the apartheid regime is dead set on, quite literally, is the ‘greater isreal’, this ‘ceasefire isn’t going to last. anyone who thinks it will is being childish. this ‘ceasefire’ could last 2 weeks or 2 years. the attacks and land theft will continue at some point.
peace with zionism is impossible. this is something the world needs to learn. you want peace? shitrael should be wiped off the map.
how do you lose a war without public admission to your population ? there must be a cia handbook for this circus theater. even is this ended today, it will take months to stabilize world energy needs. i trust no cease fire for the first six months. if israel is involved, i reject all media rhetoric that a cease fire possibly exists.
they have an inside job prepared to ensure continuation
usa and israel win again!!!
heheheh
shitrael cannot “win” anything without amerikunt goyim
by agreeing to a ceasefire on iranian terms.
ameicunts win when we have hebrew jizz double pumped by 3 jews in our anuz
americunt ships must pay 2 million$—desperate americunts capitulate after iran destroys 13 us bases😂
australia stands ready to support efforts to restore stability and security in the strait of hormuz,” the prime minister wrote on x, after attending a virtual leaders’ summit on the strait, cohosted by france’s president macron and uk prime minister starmer.
after being fucked up his arse by his ‘wife’
us americunts only open gay bars and straight peniz that shoot jizz in our anuz
all us patriotic americunts prefer superior jew jizz
full scale attacks on yemen lebanon and iran before 22nd april direction of engagement: the division is oriented south toward houthi-controlled selling out yemen houthi pa deployment of the pakistani 25th mechanised division to the saudi-yemen border
i am not convinced. i think this is to let all tankers stranded on the western side of hormuz pass through, then it is back to war
thats the plan. they complete the last oil shipments and start the great reset. we are cooked. i hope that there will be a chance to free ourselves from the jews and their helpers before its too late enough critical mass needs to know what they are doing and start opposing them in every direction. we need to fight all the lying media and journalists and shabbosgoy politicians before the ai prison closes
iran caused israel to blink. hehehehhe