TRUMP ENDS HORMUZ NAVAL BLOCKADE, IRAN REJECTS DEMANDS (Rachel Blevins)

President Trump announced on Friday that the U.S. naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz “will now be lifted,” and that he is on the verge of a deal with Iran to move toward continuing talks. However, Tehran was quick to reject Trump’s claims that there would be no fee on traffic through the Strait, that Iranian assets wouldn’t be released, and that the U.S. would somehow get access to Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium.



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 31, 2026.]