00:04Hello, and welcome to Global Pulse News.
00:08Tensions are escalating once again in the Strait of Hormuz,
00:13a vital chokepoint for global oil shipments.
00:16Iran's parliament speaker, Mohamed Bagheer Galibaf,
00:20has announced that Tehran will close the Strait
00:23if the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports continues.
00:26His statement directly contradicts President Trump,
00:30who earlier in the day declared the waterway was
00:33In a post on the social platform X,
00:38Galibaf warned that passage through the Strait
00:41will only be permitted along a
00:47He added that the Strait's status will be determined by
00:54The War of Words is nothing new.
00:57Since the start of the conflict,
00:59U.S. and Iranian officials have clashed online,
01:03ranging from major global policy announcements
01:05to trading AI-generated memes.
01:09Galibaf's remarks were posted while President Trump
01:12addressed a turning point UA rally in Arizona.
01:15Just hours earlier, Trump had claimed Iran confirmed
01:19the Strait was open, though he insisted
01:22the U.S. blockade would remain.
01:24Markets initially rallied on the news.
01:27Oil prices dropped 12 percent following reports
01:30that the Strait was open for commercial vessels.
01:33That statement originally came from Iran's foreign minister,
01:37Abbas Arakchi, who said passage would remain accessible
01:41for the remainder of the current ceasefire.
01:43But confusion quickly spread.
01:46Iran's state-run Fars News Agency
01:49questioned Arakchi's announcement,
01:51calling it an, quote, unexpected tweet.
01:53It said that, combined with what it described
01:56as Trump's, quote, nervous saber-rattling,
01:59Iranian society had been plunged into, quote,
02:02an atmosphere of confusion.
02:04President Trump, meanwhile, continued his announcements
02:07on Truth Social and in phone interviews.
02:09He told Bloomberg that Iran had agreed
02:13to an, quote, unlimited suspension of its nuclear program,
02:16though Tehran has yet to comment on that claim.
02:20Trump also wrote that Iran would hand over
02:22its, quote, nuclear dust,
02:24an apparent reference to enriched uranium,
02:27and declared that Israel would not be bombing Lebanon
02:30going forward, stating, quote, enough is enough.
02:34For now, the Strait remains open.
02:36But with dueling statements, social media warfare,
02:40and rapidly shifting claims from both sides,
02:43the situation remains highly volatile.
02:46This is a developing story.
02:48We will continue to monitor the field, not the feed.
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