WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran has informed the United States it is not seeking any tolls from ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
The two countries, which concluded a first round of negotiations in Switzerland on Monday, have presented conflicting accounts regarding financial incentives for Iran, control of the Strait of Hormuz and Israel’s parallel war in Lebanon—key elements of a framework agreement signed last week to end the conflict. Domestically, the deal has faced criticism, including from hardline members of Trump’s Republican Party.
“Iran has informed the U.S. that, despite misleading reports, there are ‘NO TOLLS, NO INSURANCE COSTS, & NO OTHER CHARGES OF ANY KIND BEING SOUGHT OR RECEIVED BY IRAN ON SHIPS TRAVELING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ,'” Trump wrote in a social media post. “If this is false information, negotiations would end, immediately!”
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