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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Mimi Heimbrod

Iran Announces the Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz After Trump Revealed a Special Present

Strait of Hormuz (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Official US.Navy Page from United States of AmericaPetty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Riggs/U.S. Navy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Iran has announced it will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway through which approximately 20 million barrels of oil pass daily, but only to non-hostile vessels. The announcement followed US President Donald Trump's disclosure that he had received what he described as a significant, oil-and-gas-related 'present' from Iran, though he did not elaborate on its nature.

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