Iran Closes Strait Of Hormuz Again Over Israeli Strikes In Lebanon, Accuses US Of Violating Deal
Iran Closes Strait Of Hormuz Again Over Israeli Strikes In Lebanon, Accuses US Of Violating Deal Published By, Last Updated: June 20, 2026, 19:26 IST
Iran Closes Strait Of Hormuz Again Over Israeli Strikes In Lebanon, Accuses US Of Violating Deal Published By, Last Updated: June 20, 2026, 19:26 IST Iran's military accused the US of "blatant violation" of the ceasefire agreement and cited the continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon for closing the Strait of Hormuz again. Rapid Read Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz. (Reuters) Iran’s top military command has declared that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed for commercial shipping again, citing “blatant violation" by the United States of the ceasefire agreement and the continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon. “Due to the blatant breach and violation by the United States of the first clause of the ceasefire agreement, and in response to the continuous and relentless violatioons of the ceasefire by the Zionist regime in southern Lebanon, the merciless killing and displacement of hundreds of thousands of oppressed people of this land, and also considering the failure of the Zionist occupying forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon, it is declared that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed to vessel traffic," said the Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters in a statement.
Iran also said it was the “first step" in response to the violation of the peace agreement and warned of further measures if the “aggression continues." Earlier this week, Trump had announced a landmark deal to end the three-month war with Iran, which had caused oil prices to spike due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial corridor carrying 20% of the world’s energy exports. Israeli Strikes In Lebanon Iran has demanded the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon as a condition to halt the war. However, Israel, dissatisfied with the peace deal, has refused to withdraw its forces and has continued attacks on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, testing the fragile US-Iran truce. Despite a ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hezbollah on Friday after a strike that killed 18 people, Israeli forces carried out another attack on a village near the southern city of Sidon on Saturday, killing at least seven people. ALSO READ: ‘If I Didn’t Act, Israel Wouldn’t Exist’: Trump Claims US Actions Prevented Regional Collapse Lebanon’s civil defence agency said Israeli strikes on the Nabatieh district in the country’s south on Saturday had killed 16 people.
Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah on Saturday said his group had the right to respond to Israeli attacks. JD Vance Expected In Switzerland Meanwhile, US Vice President JD Vance said on Saturday that he expects to go to Switzerland soon for talks with Iran. Vance told Fox News in an interview that he was confident the ceasefire agreed in Washington’s 14-point deal with Tehran would hold, and that he saw no evidence that Hormuz was closed. This came after talks that were scheduled to take place between the US and Iran in Switzerland to work towards a lasting settlement in the regional war were postponed on Friday, with no new date announced. US envoy Steve Witkoff headed to Switzerland to get the talks back on track, according to American media reports, with President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner also expected there. The talks in Switzerland were meant to kick off a 60-day period of negotiations to discuss outstanding issues not covered by the initial deal, notably Iran’s nuclear and missile programme. Trump has increasingly projected himself as the key figure preventing a wider regional war, claiming Israel would have been “eviscerated" without US backing and asserting that Washington must sometimes restrain Netanyahu’s actions.
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