Welcome to the News Hour. Iran said today it has reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping, a move President Trump quickly welcomed on social media.

But even as traffic resumes, the president says the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports will remain in place.

But Iranian officials also said ships must follow designated, restricted routes, and in some cases must coordinate transit with Iran.

In the meantime, there are new disagreements and competing claims over Iran's nuclear program, days before a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is set to expire.

And in Lebanon, the day-old truce between Israel and Hezbollah appeared

to hold after weeks of intense fighting. Special correspondent Simona Fultein begins our coverage.

Tonight, both the U.S. and Iran claim that the Strait of Hormuz is completely open once again.

President Trump and Iran's foreign minister Abbas Arachchi

announced that full passage of commercial ship traffic

would resume through the critical waterway,

through which a fifth of the world's oil flows.

Across the world, markets rejoiced,

and crude prices plummeted on the news.

Iran said the reopening would last for the

duration of the 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon. But there are still disputes. President Trump said

that the U.S. naval blockade of the strait would remain in full force until Iran reached a sweeping

deal with the U.S.

There's been reporting today that there's still Iran says there's significant differences. Well, there could be. Let's see what happens. If there are, we'll have to straighten it out. But I don't think there's too many significant differences. On the blockade, Mr. President, what will it take to end to the blockade? When the agreement is signed, the blockade ends. As soon as the agreement gets signed, that's when the blockade ends.

For the president, that means Iran would give up its highly enriched uranium, what Trump calls nuclear dust.

With such delicate diplomacy at stake, Mr. Trump also warned Israel not to return to fighting.

Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer.

They are prohibited from doing so by the USA.

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