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What recent developments have occurred in the Strait of Hormuz?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Iran's military says restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz are being reimposed, accusing the U.S. of repeated breaches of trust. A tanker has reported coming under fire today from Iranian forces while traveling through the waterway.
NPR's Quill Lawrence reports the status of the strait has been shifting rapidly as tensions between Tehran and Washington continue.
Yesterday, there was a ceasefire announced between Israel and Lebanon. Iran then announced it would open the strait for commercial traffic for the duration of that ceasefire, though only along this prescribed route close to the Iranian coast. But then the U.S. said it would still maintain its total blockade of Iranian ports while these peace talks continue.
And perhaps in response today, Iran's military said that the strait, no, is closed until the U.S. lifts the blockade. So it's been a confusing 24 hours.
That's NPR's Quill Lawrence reporting. There's no word on when peace talks will continue between the two sides. The U.S. Treasury Department says it's extending a one-month pause on sanctions against Russian oil to tamp down global energy prices amid the war with Iran. The decision reverses an announcement earlier this week by Treasury Secretary Scott Besant ruling out such a move.
NPR's Charles Maines reports from Moscow.
The Trump administration first introduced the sanctions waiver in March, part of an attempt to level out global energy prices amid the war in Iran. The policy's extension effectively allows countries to legally purchase previously sanctioned Russian oil for the second month in a row. The Kremlin's U.S.
envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, said the move amounted to an acknowledgement of the crucial role of Russian energy in maintaining the stability of the global economy. Dmitriev predicted more than 100 million additional barrels of Russian oil would soon reach global markets. Critics of the U.S.
sanctions waiver say it provides the Kremlin with a windfall for its war in Ukraine in a moment when the Russian economy had otherwise been struggling. Charles Baines, NPR News, Moscow.
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