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Displaced residents drive back to their villages as locals wave Hezbollah flags and an image of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Zefta, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

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Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, but threatens to close it again as the US maintains its blockade

Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, but threatens to close it again as the US maintains its blockade

Iran says it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels. But questions lingered Saturday about how much freedom ships actually had to transit the waterway as Tehran maintained its grip on who got through and threatened to close it again if the U.S. kept in place its blockade of Iranian ships and ports. Iran’s Friday announcement came as a 10-day truce between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon appeared to hold. Iran's foreign minister says ships will use routes designated by the Islamic Republic in coordination with Iranian authorities. U.S. President Donald Trump initially celebrated Iran's announcement but then said the U.S. blockade would continue.