OfficialShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundStrait of Hormuz
Trump says Iran is doing a 'very poor job' reopening Hormuz, warns against tolls
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- Local time
- 5:08 PM in New York
- Where
- Strait of Hormuz
Trump wrote that Iran "better not" be charging tankers fees and later that it was doing "a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through," adding "That is not the agreement we have!" MarineTraffic data showed six ships crossed Thursday and five on Wednesday.
Why it matters
Two days into the truce the strait, the core U.S. condition for the ceasefire, remained largely shut.
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