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Iran’s top joint military command said on Saturday morning that it will close the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil trading corridor, due to ongoing Israeli strikes in Lebanon during a ceasefire agreement.
Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said the attacks violated the ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran. Israel targeted Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah hours after the two sides agreed to halt fighting.
“In view of the United States’ bad faith and its clear breach of its commitments by failing to implement the first article of the memorandum ending the war, and in response to the continuous and ongoing violation of the ceasefire by the Zionist regime in southern Lebanon… It hereby announces that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed to the passage of vessels,” the military command said in a statement reported by state broadcaster IRIB.
The announcement comes just days after President Trump signed a framework agreement with Iran that authorized the reopening of the critical waterway. The strait’s closure during the Iran war has sent energy prices skyrocketing and strained global fuel supplies.
Trump said in a speech at Joint Base Andrews on Friday that “ships are flying out of the Hormuz Strait like nobody’s ever seen before.”
Earlier Saturday morning, Vice President Vance told Fox News that 16 million barrels of oil had traveled through the strait in the last 24 hours.
“That is basically to where it was before the war even started, and so that suggests that the straits really are open,” he told the outlet.
The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.
Iran’s move also comes amid confirmation that a U.S. delegation is in Switzerland ahead of planned technical-level talks on Sunday to reach a peace deal to end the war. Vance said in the Fox News interview that special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are present for these discussions. The foreign ministry in Pakistan, which has been a mediator in talks between the U.S. and Iran, said in a statement that officials from Qatar will also participate in the gathering in Bürgenstock.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei confirmed to the semi-official Fars News Agency on Saturday that the country’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, is headed to Switzerland with an Iranian delegation to participate in these negotiations.
Updated at 10:42 a.m. EDT
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