Iran closes Hormuz Strait again over US blockade with ships mid-transit
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“Iran's military declared the Strait of Hormuz closed again on Saturday, its military command said, hours after reopening it and with more than a dozen commercial ships passing through the vital waterway.”
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The claim specifies an event ('declared the Strait of Hormuz closed again on Saturday') that is not corroborated by the provided evidence. The evidence confirms that the Strait was blocked by Iran since February 28, 2026, and that the war is ongoing, but it does not contain any report matching the specific detail of a declaration on a 'Saturday' after reopening and allowing ships to pass.
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— This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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— This article chronicles a list of ships attacked, damaged or sunk during the 2026 Iran war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_during_…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_during_…
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— On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, and infli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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“The toing and froing over the strait cast doubt on US President Donald Trump's optimism the day before, that a peace deal to end the US-Israeli war with Iran was "very close".”
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The claim describes a specific sequence of events—that the situation in the Strait cast doubt on Trump's prior optimism regarding a peace deal ending the US-Israeli war with Iran. While multiple sources discuss Trump's statements regarding the Strait and the war (e.g., WSJ, Guardian), none of the provided evidence directly links the 'toing and froing' in the Strait to casting doubt on a specific, prior 'optimism' statement about a peace deal in the manner described by the claim. The evidence is insufficient to confirm this specific narrative connection.
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— On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
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— Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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— The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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