00:01Iran's military declared the Strait of Hormuz closed again on Saturday, its military command said,
00:07hours after reopening it and with more than a dozen commercial ships passing through the vital waterway, AFP reported.
00:16The to-ing and fro-ing over the strait cast doubt on US President Donald Trump's optimism the day before
00:22that a peace deal to end the US-Israeli war with Iran was very close.
00:28Tehran had on Friday declared the strait open, which usually carries a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural
00:36gas,
00:36after a ceasefire was agreed in Lebanon to halt Israel's war with Hezbollah.
00:42That prompted elation in global markets and sent oil prices plunging,
00:47but with Trump insisting that a US naval blockade of Iranian ports would continue until a deal was concluded,
00:54Tehran threatened to shutter the strait once more.
00:58There are just four days remaining before the end of the two-week ceasefire in the US-Israeli war with
01:04Iran,
01:05launched by Washington and its ally on February 28.
01:09Panyujo, FMT.
01:12Panyujo, FMT.
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