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Trump thanks Iran for opening Hormuz

President Trump thanked Iran for opening the Strait of Hormuz, calling it the 'Iranian Strait,' as reports detail a mass maritime exodus and stranded ships.

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President Donald Trump thanked Iran for opening the Strait of Hormuz, referring to the strategic waterway as the 'Iranian Strait.' His comments follow a statement from Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi that the strait is fully open to all commercial vessels during the Lebanon ceasefire period. Concurrently, Reuters reports about 20 ships are moving from the Persian Gulf through the strait to exit, while CNN details a massive backlog of roughly 2,000 ships carrying 132 million barrels of oil and 20,000 sailors stranded in the gulf, with authorities having less than a week to free them.
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