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This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on April 17, 2026<\/a>. It is shared here under a\u00a0Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)\u00a0license.<\/p>\n Iran said Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened to international shipping following an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement, prompting thanks from President Donald Trump\u2014who then said the US naval blockade on Iranian ports will continue.<\/p>\n \u201cIn line with the ceasefire in\u00a0Lebanon<\/a>, the 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,\u201d Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.<\/p>\n Trump first thanked Iran in a\u00a0post<\/a>\u00a0on his Truth Social network. However, about 20 minutes later, the president\u00a0posted again<\/a>\u00a0on the site, writing:<\/p>\n THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS COMPLETELY OPEN AND READY FOR BUSINESS AND FULL PASSAGE, BUT THE NAVAL BLOCKADE WILL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS IT PERTAINS TO IRAN, ONLY, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS OUR TRANSACTION WITH IRAN IS 100% COMPLETE. THIS PROCESS SHOULD GO VERY QUICKLY IN THAT MOST OF THE POINTS ARE ALREADY NEGOTIATED.<\/p>\n The US, Iran, and Israel\u00a0agreed<\/a>\u00a0to a two-week ceasefire on April 7 after Trump threatened a genocidal attack on Iran, saying that \u201ca whole civilization will die tonight\u201d if there was no deal that day. Officials on all sides clarified that the truce did not signal the end of the ongoing war.<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s announcements followed the implementation of a tentative 10-day ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon, where nearly 50 days of Israeli bombardment has killed or wounded\u00a0thousands of Lebanese<\/a>, including hundreds of\u00a0children<\/a>, and displaced\u00a0more than a million<\/a>\u00a0others.<\/p>\n It is unclear how\u00a0Hezbollah<\/a>, which did not take part in ceasefire negotiations, will respond. The Lebanon-based militant group has retaliated for Israel\u2019s\u00a0genocide<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Gaza<\/a>\u00a0and attacks on Lebanon with rocket and drone strikes on Israel, and the Lebanese government is largely unable to stop Hezbollah from further attacks if it decides to launch them.<\/p>\n Thousands of Iranians have also been killed or wounded by US and Israeli bombing since February 28, the day the war was launched. That was also the day that a US cruise missile strike on a girls\u2019 school in Minab\u00a0killed 168 people<\/a>, mostly children.<\/p>\n About half an hour after Trump\u2019s Friday post confirming the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the president took to Truth Social again, this time\u00a0announcing<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cthe USA will, separately, work with Lebanon, and deal with the Hezboolah [sic] situation in an appropriate manner. Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough is enough!!!\u201d<\/p>\n