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The Truce That Wasn't

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Liz Wolfe | 5.5.2026 9:30 AM

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Iran claims truce has been violated: The U.S. military reported yesterday that it had destroyed six Iranian small boats (in addition to a handful of drones) as part of "Project Freedom," President Donald Trump's new attempt to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping.

This effort was at least partially effective: The U.S. Navy began escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, reports The New York Times. "The American military's Central Command said that two U.S.-flagged commercial ships had passed through the waterway. Maersk, the Danish shipping giant, said Monday that one of its vessels, a carrier transporting vehicles that was flying the U.S. maritime flag, had transited through the strait."

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But Iran is pissed. "Several merchant ships in the Gulf reported explosions or fires ​on Monday," reports Reuters, "and an oil port in the United Arab Emirates, which hosts a large U.S. military base, was set ablaze by Iranian missiles." Iranian media tried to both deny that the U.S. got any ships........

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