Iran Declares Strait of Hormuz Open
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown
CNN
3.2 • 865 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 78 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Happening outbreaking news, Iran and President Trump say the Strait of Hormuz is open. |
| 0:07.0 | The country's foreign minister says their crucial waterway is completely open to all commercial ships right now. |
| 0:13.0 | Plus, doubling down on his papal feud, President Trump with another dig at Pope Leo, saying the pontiff needs to understand that this is the, quote, |
| 0:22.0 | real world. And standing by for Supreme Court opinions at any moment the high court will issue |
| 0:27.6 | decisions or waiting for rulings on voting rights, birthright citizenship, and President Trump's |
| 0:33.1 | firing of federal officials. Plus, projecting optimism, President Trump repeatedly saying the war with Iran will end, |
| 0:40.3 | and I'm quoting him now very shortly, teasing to watch what happens over the next week or so. |
| 0:46.3 | And U.S. allies speaking out. |
| 0:48.3 | Any moment now, European leaders will be speaking about the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 0:53.3 | We're going to bring that to you. |
| 0:55.0 | That's coming up momentarily. |
| 0:56.7 | An acting ICE director out. |
| 0:59.3 | Todd Lyons is announcing he's stepping down. |
| 1:01.9 | The controversial agency has been without a Senate-confirmed leader since the Obama administration. |
| 1:07.8 | Hard to believe. |
| 1:08.4 | Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. |
| 1:11.6 | I'm Wolf Blitzer with Pamela Brown, and you're in the Situation Room. |
| 1:15.6 | This is CNN Breaking News. |
| 1:25.6 | And we begin with the breaking news. Just minutes ago, Iran's foreign minister declared that the strait of her moves is completely open. |
| 1:32.9 | As of now, the strait is expected to be open only for days, but the relief is clearly obvious. |
| 1:38.7 | The vital shipping route supplies 20% of the world's oil, and the welcome news is driving down global oil prices. |
| 1:46.7 | Right now, we're covering all the latest developments of this very important story. |
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