The FARS agency assured that Iran momentarily closed the passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuzin retaliation for the attack launched by Israel against Lebanon that left dozens dead and hundreds injured.
The Israeli military said it carried out its “largest coordinated attack” against Hezbollah since the start of the armed conflict, while Iran denounced Pakistan a “violation of the ceasefire” agreed yesterday with the United States, which depended on the cessation of hostilities on the part of both nations.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi spoke of “the Zionist regime’s violations of the ceasefire in Iran and Lebanon” in a call with the commander of the Pakistani Armed Forces; However, Donald Trump assured this Wednesday that the cessation of the Israeli attacks against Hezbollah were not part of the truce which they arrived on Tuesday night.
For his part, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharifwho acted as a mediator to achieve the cessation of hostilities, assured in X that the violations of the ceasefire “they undermine the spirit of the peace process”for which he urged the parties to exercise moderation during the two weeks that were agreed for the dialogue.
After the truce reached by the United States and Iran, thanks to Pakistan, oil fell 20% and returned below 100 dollars per barrel, while stocks skyrocketed.
The first operations of the Asian markets, the US benchmark crude oilWest Texas Intermediate(WTI) fell up to 20% andfluctuated at 96.39 dollars per barrelwhile theBrentan international benchmark, gave up 15.89% up to 93.38.
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US stops conflict escalation
On the night of Tuesday, April 7, the president of the United States, Donald Trumpannounced minutes before the deadline ultimatum for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, which would stop the escalation after reaching an agreement promoted by Pakistan, at least by two weeks.
During that period of time both nations will maintain conversations to try to reach a total ceasefire and end the warfor which Iran gave the US a 10-point plan on which Trump declared that they could begin to work.
The United Nations Organization (UN) “strongly condemned the Israeli attacks” in Lebanon that caused numerous victims on Wednesday, according to the deputy spokesman for the secretary general of that organization, Farhan Haq and called to take advantage of “the opportunity of the ceasefire between the United States and Iran” to avoid more deaths.
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