Dubai, Apr 17 (AP) Two semiofficial news agencies in Iran on Friday cast doubt on an announcement from Iran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, that the Strait of Hormuz was being opened to global traffic.
Considered close with the powerful Revolutionary Guard, Fars news agency appeared to challenge Iran’s reported decision to open the strait in a series of posts on its X account.
The posts condemned a “strange silence from the Supreme National Security Council and the negotiating team.” Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has recently acted as the de facto top decision-making body in the country, as doubts swirl over the status of the new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who was reportedly injured early in the war.
Mehr news agency also has
said that the reported decision to reopen the strategic waterway needed “clarification” and “requires the (Supreme) Leader’s approval.” Trump claims Iran agrees to never close Hormuz again ———————————————————– US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran has agreed to never close Hormuz again However, Iran has not made any public comment suggesting it has offered such assurances.
The blocking of most tankers that use the critical waterway, through which about 20% of the world’s crude flows on a typical day, has led to a global surge in fuel prices and has impacted other facets of the global economy.
The US is far less reliant than Asia and Europe on Persian Gulf energy.
Still, the closure of the strait contributed to the largest monthly inflation increase in the US in four years last month. (AP) SCY SCY
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