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The biggest and shocking international news of this time is coming out from the Middle East. Just three days after the historic ceasefire agreement between America and Iran, hopes for peace have suffered a major setback. Iran has officially announced the closure of the strategically important sea route ‘Strait of Hormuz’ to all types of commercial ships. Iran has cited Israel’s ongoing military action on Lebanon and America’s non-fulfillment of promises as the reason behind this. This step has been taken at a time when technical level talks between the two countries were about to begin in Switzerland.
Iran reversed course three days after the agreement, accused America of breach of promise
On June 18, an important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed digitally to end the three-month long war between Iran and America. This agreement was agreed to by US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pejeshkian, after which the movement of commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz was restored.
However, Iran’s top joint military command ‘Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters’ issued an emergency statement saying that the US and Israel have clearly violated the first and foremost condition of the ceasefire agreement. Iran alleges that Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon are continuing and America has completely failed to stop this ideological and military violence. Tehran made it clear that it has lost confidence in America due to non-fulfillment of promises and in protest against this the Strait of Hormuz is being blocked again.
Trump’s blunt threat: ‘If deal is not made, Americans will collect toll tax in Hormuz’
On the other hand, America has completely rejected Iran’s move and its claim of monopoly on the sea route. The US military and Central Command issued a statement saying US forces had already completely ended their maritime blockade of Iranian ports and coastal areas and were not detaining any ships.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has given a direct warning to Iran in his strict style. Trump has said that if a final agreement is not reached with Tehran on technical aspects, the US will impose its own ‘US toll tax’ on ships passing through this global shipping lane (Strait of Hormuz). This new threat by Trump has created panic in the Gulf countries and the global market, because the Strait of Hormuz is the largest lifeline route for the world’s total oil transportation.
Mediators and delegation reached Switzerland, Pakistan PM and Army Chief also included
Amidst this atmosphere of tension, the hustle and bustle has intensified in Switzerland to bring this important technical level talks to a conclusion. According to Iran’s government news agency IRNA, a high-level delegation from Iran has reached Switzerland, which is led by Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagheri Ghalibaf. The Iranian side says that they have gone there to work on the process of implementing the already agreed agreement, and not for any new round of talks.
The Foreign Ministry of Switzerland has also welcomed the Iranian delegation on social media platform X and confirmed their departure for ‘Bergenstock’. In view of the mediation and regional security in this grand dialogue, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir have also left for Switzerland late night, who can play an important role in this technical conversation between America and Iran.
What was the historic agreement of June 18 and the new rules of Iran?
Under this digital agreement signed on June 18, both the countries had vowed to immediately and permanently stop military actions on all fronts and avoid any kind of use of force or military threat in the future. Under this, ‘Persian Gulf Strait Authority’ was also formed to safely restore commercial shipping on the strategic sea route.
Under this, Iran had made strict rules for ships, which included pre-registration, obtaining special permission letter and mandatory insurance formalities. But now after the allegations of ceasefire breaking and the new blockade of Hormuz, clouds of America-Iran war have once again started looming in this entire region.
