A 60-day ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran is set to expire Monday as tensions remain high over control of the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran says no decision has been made on when talks with Washington will resume.
U.S. Central Command has redirected more than 60 commercial vessels in the strait of Hormuz as the American naval blockade remains in place. President Trump has repeatedly said the U.S. controls the waterway and would soon declare the Hormuz strait as us territory. Iran has rejected those claims. It's deputy foreign minister wrote on X that the strait “cannot be seized by tweet, nor by aircraft carrier, nor by issuing an order, nor by an election speech.”
The June memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran included a 60-day ceasefire that expires Monday, making the deadline the next major test for whether diplomacy can hold.