Iran’s Fars news agency reported on the 8th (local time) that tanker transits through the strait paused as Israel carried out airstrikes in Lebanon.
On the morning the two-week truce took effect under a dramatic U.S.-Iran agreement, Iranian authorities cleared two tankers to transit the strait safely.
Tensions escalated after Israel launched what it described as its largest-ever strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon and struck Beirut again, prompting Iran to tighten control over the strait.
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, raised Israel’s cease-fire violations in a phone call with Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, who helped secure the truce.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency quoted anonymous sources saying that if Israel’s attacks in Lebanon continue, Iran could withdraw from the ceasefire agreement.
