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What is the current status of the ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran appears to be on shaky ground. Iran says it has again closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon Wednesday, said to be the deadliest day of the war. Lebanon's health ministry says 182 people were killed, but said that figure is not final.
The White House is demanding the strait be reopened. Here's NPR's Jackie Northam reporting.
Despite being anchored since the start of the war more than a month ago, hundreds of ships were not eager to transit the Strait of Hormuz. The big concern is safety. There were still regional attacks. It's uncertain if Iran has cleared mines in the water and a threat broadcast to the ships from Iran itself.
The White House says the president is aware of reports that Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz and disputes them, while also saying that would be completely unacceptable. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
Now to the U.S. heartland where farmers are hoping to cease fire and Iran will hold. But NPR's Kirk Sigler reports that many do not expect fuel or fertilizer prices to go down anytime soon.
Farmers are already dealing with high equipment and fertilizer costs due to inflation and President Trump's latest trade war. And the war in Iran has driven up those costs even more. Justin Sherlock grows corn and soybeans.
We really need this to be resolved soon and for the oil and energy markets to try and stabilize if we can.
Sherlock is going into his fourth straight year in the red. The farmers here still holding on are only surviving because land prices are so high and that's collateral to the banks. We're at a point where we're literally betting the farm to try and keep going one more year right now.
Farmers hope the war and geopolitics don't get in the way with ongoing trade negotiations with China, traditionally North Dakota's largest buyer of soybeans. Kirk Sigler in PR News, Fargo.
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