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Anderson Cooper 360

Iran Says Strait of Hormuz is Open Amid U.S. Blockade of Its Ports

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Iranian sources tell CNN a new round of peace talks with U.S. negotiators is expected to take place on Monday in Islamabad, Pakistan. We talk it over with U.S. Army Lieutenant General Karen Gibson, who previously served as director of intelligence for U.S. Central Command and Ryan Crocker, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, and Kuwait. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

As the president just put it, a lot of good things are happening with Iran.

0:09.6

And as Iranian sources tell us, the next round of peace talks now has a date and place Monday in Pakistan.

0:16.8

Good evening, everyone. Boris Sanchez here in for Anderson.

0:19.7

The news tonight is hopeful,

0:21.4

though it comes with caveats, which we will get into shortly. But if you listen to what the

0:26.7

president said on arrival into Phoenix tonight, they can be resolved in the days ahead.

0:33.7

I'm reporting today that there's still Iran says there's significant differences.

0:38.2

Well, there could be. Let's see what happens. If there are, we'll have to straighten it out.

0:41.6

But I don't think there's too many significant differences.

0:45.4

The president went from the airport to a turning point USA event where he called this a great and brilliant day and framed upcoming peace talks as almost a foregone conclusion.

0:57.8

We have some good news I'll tell you about a little. Would anybody like to hear about Iran a little bit?

1:03.0

This process should go very quickly and at most of the points are already negotiated and agreed to.

1:10.4

You'll be very happy.

1:11.6

The day began with Iran's foreign minister posting on social media, quoting him now,

1:17.6

in line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz

1:22.6

is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire on the coordinated route, as already announced

1:29.2

by ports and maritime organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The president replied also on

1:34.9

social media, thank you, one of more than a dozen posts on the subject from him today. He also said

1:41.1

that Iran has agreed to never close the strait of Hormuz again.

1:45.0

He told CBS News that Tehran agreed to stop backing proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas.

1:50.0

And he said, in fact, what you just heard him repeat, a version of there in Phoenix, that Iran had, quote, agreed to everything.

1:58.0

Tonight, he also repeated a claim that he made earlier that Iran would be turning over

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