The U.S., not Iran, is in control of the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump said Friday, adding, "We wiped out their armed forces, essentially." Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Friday that his country "cannot trust the Americans at all" and Iran is "trying to maintain" the "shaky" ceasefire "to give diplomacy a chance.

Lebanon reportedly filed a precedent-setting UN complaint against Iran amid U.S.-facilitated Israel-Lebanon normalization talks in Washington, D.C.

The latest war between Israel and Hamas, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, have sent economic shock waves across the Mideast.

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The US-Iran ceasefire is in jeopardy, according to President Trump, following Iran's rejection of all US peace proposals and its refusal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran demands that any agreement must include provisions for Hezbollah in Lebanon,