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5 min readLive from NPR News. I'm Dale Wilman. Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is once again closed. That country's military fired on a commercial ship in the strait Saturday, saying it was using an unauthorized route. In response, the U.S. military struck targets along Iran's coast. The renewed fighting is jeopardizing the already tenuous ceasefire.
The Strait of Hormuz and the Ceasefire
The most significant development in this roundup is the renewed military confrontation between Iran and the United States in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s military fired on a commercial ship Saturday, claiming it was using an unauthorized route, and has declared the strait closed once again. The U.S. responded by striking targets along Iran’s coast. This escalation is now threatening the fragile ceasefire that was already in place.
Dominic Tierney, a professor at Swarthmore College, provided context on the difficulty of extracting the U.S. from such conflicts. He noted that reaching a peace deal is always a protracted process, pointing to historical examples: the U.S. negotiated for two years to exit the Korean War, five years to leave Vietnam, and years to get out of Afghanistan. Tierney highlighted the absurdity of the process by recalling that in Vietnam, negotiators spent three months just deciding on the shape of the table. His point was clear: this will not be a quick process.
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- 1 (00:03) **Strait of Hormuz Conflict Escalates** - Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz and fires on a commercial ship; the U.S. military strikes Iranian coastal targets, jeopardizing a tenuous ceasefire.
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