The Iranian military leadership announced that it will close the Strait of Hormuz again. Al Jazeera reported this.
Tehran cited ongoing Israeli strikes on Lebanon as a reason for its actions, describing them as a violation of the peace memorandum signed by the United States.
Iran said this was just a “first step” and threatened to take new measures “if the aggression continues.”
In turn, US Vice President J.D. Vance said: maleWashington has not yet seen evidence that navigation in the strait has stopped. He also indicated that he expected negotiations with Iran to take place in Switzerland as early as Sunday, noting that Steven Vitkoff and Jared Kushner had already traveled there.
The Israeli army carried out attacks on Lebanon night and morning, as a result He died 32 people. The previous day, as the mediators reported, Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a truce. The Israeli army said that the strikes came in response to Hezbollah attacks on Israeli military sites in southern Lebanon.
The United States and Iran signed a peace memorandum on June 18. At the same time, the first oil tankers began passing through the Strait of Hormuz; The United States, in turn, lifted the blockade on Iranian ports.
Stopping Israeli strikes on Lebanon was one of Iran’s main demands during negotiations with the United States. The signed memorandum contains this condition I stood up The first point, in addition to stopping attacks on other fronts.