The United States has demanded that Iran publicly declare the Strait of Hormuz open to international shipping and cease all attacks on commercial ships transiting the waterway following a week of strikes between the two countries.
A U.S. official told reporters on Friday that Washington demanded Tehran permit passage through the strait and said the strikes traded this week were the result of Iranian extremists who were trying to sabotage a crumbling ceasefire.
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