US demands Iran stop attacks on ships

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Three ships were attacked this week in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting US President Donald Trump to order strikes on Iranian targets and to declare a June ceasefire over. Senior US officials said they want Iran to issue a public statement that it will stop shooting at ships and that all channels of the strait are open with no tolls. Officials described recent diplomacy as productive, and said Iran has called the strikes from its side "an errant part of their system," while noting a real-time power struggle between hardliners and pragmatists in Iran. The dispute raises the prospect of further military or diplomatic escalation affecting shipping.

The US demands Iran publicly stop attacks and open Hormuz lanes.