Posted on 04/17/2026 6:26:27 AM PDT by V_TWIN
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Friday announced that the Strait of Hormuz is now “completely open” for all ships — so long as the Israel-Lebanon cease-fire remains in place.
“In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep. of Iran,” he said in a post to X.
The cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon went into place on Friday and is scheduled to last 10 days.
This is a developing story.
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Ok.....if you say so. Lol!
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Mighty christian of them.
I don’t know which one will break it, but I don’t expect the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon to last 10 days.
There can be no peace with Iran.p
Stock market continues it rocket ship rise today!
The left is furiously figuring out a way to hate this without being tagged as being FOR higher fuel prices.
WTI down $10+ this morning. If Trump’s plans work out, by the end of April, Iran will have no more nuclear weapon capability, limitted funding for Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthi terrorists, and very few missiles to cause future havoc.
By the end of April crude oil will likely be back to 60 bucks and all of the whining since March 1 about gasoline prices being one dollar higher will be over.
If above happens, it was a small price to pay for getting rid of Iran’s threats.
And it appears that No Endless Wars will be a reality after these short two months.
https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/@CL.1
The regime is a like a cancer, you can put it in remission, but the next time, they will come back stronger. All it will take is one Democrat administration.
“If above happens, it was a small price to pay for getting rid of Iran’s threats.”
Amen to that.
People need to suck it up in the short term.
Right on this forum last week some knucklehead was cry babying about how much it costed to fill up his truck.......unbelievable how self centered people can be. SMH
Sez who?
Exactly
No mention of mines. 🤔
There are no mines.....just one more Iranian bluff/lie.
Underwater drones have been employed to search for mines and so far ZERO have been found.
You are on an anti Trump tear this morning. Did your panty thong was up? We are winning - bigly.
Agree. I doubt there were ever mines.
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