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- US President Donald Trump announced that the fragile ceasefire with Iran is effectively over following a breakdown in peace negotiations.
- The announcement follows a fresh wave of US air strikes against Iranian targets and the revocation of a key Iranian oil export waiver.
- Washington ordered the military response after three commercial shipping tankers were targeted and struck in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
US President Donald Trump has stated that the tentative ceasefire agreement with Iran is finished, a development that reignites the threat of a wider military conflict between the two nations.
Speaking on Wednesday alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the alliance’s annual summit in Ankara, Trump expressed severe pessimism about continuing negotiations.
The breakdown follows a fresh wave of US military strikes on targets inside Iran, alongside Washington’s decision to revoke an oil sanctions waiver that had previously permitted the sale of Iranian crude.
The US administration ordered these heavy measures in retaliation for recent drone attacks on three commercial tankers transiting the crucial Strait of Hormuz waterway.
In a press release, US Central Command heavily condemned the attacks on civilian maritime traffic, stating the military operations were designed “to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway.”
While Tehran claimed the American strikes violated the initial memorandum of understanding, crude oil prices surged rapidly following the news.
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