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Iran’s foreign minister announced Friday that passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is completely open following a ceasefire agreement reached in Lebanon yesterday, but President Donald Trump said the U.S. naval blockade on Iran will remain in place until a deal with Tehran is struck.
“The Strait of Hormuz is completely open and ready for business and full passage,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “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 said he expects the process to go “very quickly,” adding that most of the points have already been negotiated.
His comments came after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on X the strait was open for all commercial vessels for the remainder of the U.S.-brokered 10-day truce between Israeli forces and the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah.
He said the passage of ships would need to be along the route that Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization had announced.
Trump has said he believed a deal to end the Iran war would come “soon,” although the timing remains unclear.
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