Switzerland to host crucial US-Iran talks on June 21 as Tehran shuts the Strait of Hormuz amid Israeli strikes on Lebanon and fragile ceasefire violations.
In a broadcast aried on Iranian state TV (translated)
In light of the United States’ clear breach of its commitments regarding the first article of the memorandum of understanding on ending the war, and in response to the continuous and relentless violations of the ceasefire by the Zionist regime in southern Lebanon, which have resulted in the brutal killing and displacement of hundreds of thousands of innocent people in that territory, as well as considering the failure of the occupying Zionist forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon, it is announced that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed to vessel traffic,” Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters said in a statement on Saturday.
In a broadcast aried on Iranian state TV (translated)