Strait of Hormuz REOPENED

President Donald Trump declared Friday that Iran has agreed to virtually all his demands to end its nuclear program forever and said that talks to finalize the deal, “probably” held this weekend, “should go very quickly.” In a flurry of social media posts and media interviews, Trump said the United States “will work with Iran” at what he called “a leisurely pace” — with no need for American ground troops — to retrieve all of its buried highly enriched uranium and turn it over to the U.S. He said Iran would receive no money for agreeing to an “unlimited” halt to all nuclear activities. With U.S. help, Trump said, Iran was removing all sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz — which Tehran, earlier in the day, said it would reopen to commercial shipping. He said Iran has agreed “never to close” the waterway again. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the strait’s opening would be limited, lasting until a two-week ceasefire expires early next week unless a broader agreement is reached, and that travel was permitted only along the Iran-approved “coordinated route.” He emphasized that the decision had come after Israel and Lebanon agreed, under U.S. pressure, to a separate, temporary ceasefire in that separate war, a key demand of Iran’s. From reporting by Karen DeYoung, Susannah George, Evan Halper and John Hudson. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/04/17/hormuz-strait-reopens-iran-us-war/