US and Iran Heighten Standoff Over Strait of Hormuz Control

The United States and Iran have traded a series of strikes, with a dispute over who controls the Strait of Hormuz threatening to undermine attempts to conclude their war.

BBC correspondent Barbara Plett Usher, reporting from Jerusalem, analyzes the latest escalations surrounding this vital maritime passage.

Over the weekend, Iran declared the strait closed, while the United States maintained that Iran does not control the waterway and that shipping continues unimpeded.

The rising tensions cast doubt on the preliminary agreement reached in June between the two sides, which aimed to end their four‑month conflict and reopen the strait.

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