Tehran/Washington, DC: The Strait of Hormuz will be “completely open” for the remaining period of the ceasefire, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi announced on X.
“In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep. of Iran”, Araghchi posted.
US president Donald Trump also confirmed on social media that the Strait of Hormuz is “fully open”. “Iran has just announced that the strait of Iran is fully open and ready for full passage. Thank you!”, Trump wrote, as reported by NDTV.
On Thursday, Trump had announced a 10-day ceasefire deal between Lebanon and Israel and said that he was trying to set up the first-ever meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
The ceasefire deal between the two warring countries came as part of the US’ efforts to reach a deal to end the war with Iran. Tehran had insisted that a Lebanon truce must be part of any agreement.
Trump said the deal to halt hostilities came after “excellent” phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.
“These two Leaders have agreed that in order to achieve peace between their Countries, they will formally begin a 10 day ceasefire at 5 P.M. EST,” or 2100 GMT, Trump said on his Truth Social network.
He expected Netanyahu and Aoun to visit the White House “over the next four or five days”, Trump later said.
