Trump's Hormuz Deal Sparks Conflicting Claims
US President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that he had called off planned US military strikes after what he described as the 'perimeters of a deal' with Iran and other Middle Eastern countries.
The proposed framework would include the immediate, complete, and total opening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to Iran's nuclear threat, according to Trump.
However, within hours, Iran offered a sharply different version of events. The country's Fars News Agency dismissed reports of any agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as false, stating that there is no deal with Washington and the waterway remains closed to vessels that fail to coordinate with the IRGC.
The conflicting statements have cast fresh uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz, leaving global markets and governments watching to see whether diplomacy can prevent another escalation in one of the world's most strategically important waterways.