00:00U.S. President Donald Trump has posed an operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as peace talks with Iran
00:05move forward.
00:07The U.S. began a plan to provide military escorts for commercial ships transiting the Strait earlier this week,
00:12but met resistance from Iranian forces.
00:15Trump has now suspended the plan as the U.S. attempts to reach a final agreement with Iran.
00:21The pause leaves the critical waterway blocks and the world cut off from a key source of fuel.
00:26The U.S. says the ceasefire between the countries still holds and that the blockade of Iranian ports will continue.
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