Iran allows French ship through Strait of Hormuz
Iran has allowed a French-owned ship through the Strait of Hormuz, a day after Emmanuel Macron mocked Donald Trump and accused the US president of changing his mind “all the time”.
U.S. naval destroyers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM says
The destroyers were beginning mine-clearing operations in the vital waterway, U.S. Central Command said Saturday.
Iran threatens to attack US Navy ships entering Strait of Hormuz after first American vessels moved through channel
US Navy destroyers began clearing a “new passage” through the Strait of Hormuz Saturday –marking the first time American ships crossed the channel since the start of the war. The USS Frank E. Peterson and USS Michael Murphy set off on the mission to establish an open route so that minesweepers could later clear sea mines laid by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps,
US oil prices jump above $100 a barrel. Trump’s Strait of Hormuz plan has hit a snag.
President Donald Trump said the U.S. military would remain around Iran until a real agreement is reached and fully complied with.