US lifts Iran blockade as Hormuz traffic resumes (opens in new tab)

The United States lifted its naval blockade of maritime traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports and coastal areas after President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed an interim memorandum intended to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command said American forces were no longer impeding vessels traveling to or from Iranian ports in the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Under the agreement, Iran committed to allow commercial vessels to pass through the S...