Welcome to the News Hour. Top American officials said today the ceasefire with Iran had not ended,

despite exchanges of fire in the Strait of Hormoz and Iranian attacks on U.S. allies in the Gulf.

Both the secretaries of state and defense said the U.S. was in a new phase of operations,

designed to ensure safe passage for commercial vessels stuck in the Persian Gulf.

But so far, very few ships appear to want to run the Iranian gauntlet in the strait, and Iran

remains defiant.

Nick Schifrin again begins our coverage.

On the streets of Tehran today, even the statues are wrapped in nationalism.

Newspapers sneer at the U.S.'s new project freedom.

Signs celebrate regime continuity.

And posters proclaim Iran's stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's public rhetoric remains defiant.

Today, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that ships

crossing the Strait of Hormuz without coordinating with Iran would be, quote, categorically

dealt with. And on X, Iran's chief negotiator and parliament speaker, Mohamed Ghalibhaf, today

accused the U.S. of a violation of the ceasefire and warned, we have not even begun yet.

And for the second day in a row, the United Arab Emirates said it was attacked by Iranian

missiles and drones that yesterday hit Fujaira, the UAE's only major port that bypasses

the Strait of Hormuz.

Yesterday Iran also launched small boats like these and missiles at U.S. ships, actions that

today President Trump downplayed.

What do they need to do to violate a ceasefire?

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