{"id":8674,"date":"2026-07-10T05:55:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/news\/7733915\/the-latest-8-men-indicted-in-planned-attack-on-white-house-ufc-cage-fighting-show\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T14:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:45:02","slug":"the-latest-us-demands-iran-guarantee-strait-of-hormuz-is-open-and-stop-attacks-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inhome\/news\/8674\/the-latest-us-demands-iran-guarantee-strait-of-hormuz-is-open-and-stop-attacks-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest: US demands Iran guarantee Strait of Hormuz is open and stop attacks, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. are demanding that Iran\u2019s leadership<\/a> publicly state that ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has been fully restored, senior U.S. officials said Friday.<\/p>\n

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe to reporters the state of play with Iran, say they are making progress negotiating with top Iranian leaders. But the U.S. officials said they want Tehran to issue a statement saying Iran\u2019s forces will stop attacking ships in the strait to help ensure that negotiations move forward.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has chosen not to sign a sweeping housing affordability bill<\/a> in protest of Congress not approving a strict voter ID bill that lacks sufficient support to pass.<\/p>\n

The housing measure will become law without Trump\u2019s signature because he didn\u2019t veto it. Still, the president\u2019s rejection of the legislation cuts short the GOP\u2019s efforts to address a key voter concern about rising costs, exacerbating tensions with his own party in a midterm election year.<\/p>\n

Here’s the latest:<\/p>\n

US officials send mixed signals on Iran\u2019s enriched uranium<\/p>\n

Senior U.S. officials said that any agreement with Iran over its nuclear program will require Tehran to turn over its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.<\/p>\n

But on a call with reporters, the officials suggested they were not confident Iran would honor that part of the agreement until the country first heeds the terms of the ceasefire deal and stops renewed attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

If the U.S. does not reach a deal with Iran to turn over its nuclear material, it has military options to ensure that it remains buried underground forever, the officials said. They did not detail those options.<\/p>\n

The highly enriched material that could potentially be used to make a nuclear weapon is believed to be buried after strikes the U.S. launched on Iran last summer.<\/p>\n

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to describe to reporters the state of play with Iran.<\/p>\n

\u2014 By Michelle L. Price<\/p>\n

US officials say new attacks in the Strait of Hormuz came from an errant part of Iranian political system<\/p>\n

Senior U.S. officials are blaming a power struggle in Iran for that country\u2019s latest attacks on ships in the waterway.<\/p>\n

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe to reporters the state of play with Iran, said U.S. negotiators are making progress talking to Iranian leaders.<\/p>\n

But they said there are hard-line officials in Iran who are looking to undermine the ceasefire \u2014 and have helped spur a new round of attacks in the strait.<\/p>\n

The officials said Trump has initiated new strikes on Iran in the meantime.<\/p>\n

The president is aware of the power struggle issue, they say, and is giving officials space to get on the same page. But he won\u2019t wait forever.<\/p>\n

Part of the reason Iran now faces a power struggle, however, was strikes by the U.S. and Israel that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei early in the war.<\/p>\n

\u2014 By Michelle L. Price<\/p>\n

US wants Iran to publicly guarantee that the Strait of Hormuz is open and safe for ships<\/p>\n

Senior U.S. officials are demanding that Iran\u2019s leadership publicly state that ship traffic in the strait has been fully restored.<\/p>\n

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe to reporters the state of play with Iran, say they are making progress negotiating with top Iranian leaders.<\/p>\n

But the U.S. officials said they want Tehran to issue a statement saying Iran\u2019s forces will stop attacking ships in the strait to help ensure that negotiations move forward.<\/p>\n

Moments before the U.S. officials spoke, however, Tehran\u2019s diplomat at the United Nations struck a more defiant tone, telling reporters that any activity in the strait \u201crests exclusively with Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 By Michelle L. Price and Farnoush Amiri<\/p>\n

US imposes sanctions on Iranian financier<\/p>\n

The U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on Iranian financier Ali Ansari, who Treasury says oversees a global network of assets benefiting Iran\u2019s leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.<\/p>\n

Ansari, who is already under U.K. sanctions, is accused of diverting public funds into real estate holdings outside of Iran to benefit himself and Iranian leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cTreasury will continue using every tool at its disposal to isolate him and other regime elites from the global financial system,\u201c Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. \u201dWe will preserve these assets for the Iranian people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prime minister affirms Pakistan\u2019s readiness to broker peace<\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday to discuss regional developments.<\/p>\n

The conversation came as Pakistan\u2019s civilian and military leadership has been encouraging the United States and Iran to return to the negotiating table and discuss issues covered under the memorandum of understanding that Islamabad helped broker to help end the regional conflict.<\/p>\n

In a post on X, Sharif said they discussed the evolving regional situation and stressed the need for restraint, dialogue and diplomacy to preserve the hard-earned peace gains of recent months.<\/p>\n

\u201cI reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s readiness to continue playing its role as an honest and sincere mediator for lasting regional peace,\u201d Sharif wrote.<\/p>\n

US lawmakers cite \u2018significant progress\u2019 on a Russia sanctions bill<\/p>\n

U.S. lawmakers leading an effort to sanction countries purchasing Russian oil say they have reached an agreement with the Trump administration to move forward with an updated bill.<\/p>\n

The original bill was unveiled about a year ago and has languished in the Senate as the sponsors worked to win full backing from the White House.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very pleased with this significant progress and expect to roll out the legislation very soon,\u201d the lawmakers said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n

The original bill called for a 500% tariff on goods imported from countries that continue to buy Russian oil, gas, uranium and other exports. It targeted nations like China and India, which account for roughly 70% of Russia\u2019s energy trade and bankroll much of its war effort.<\/p>\n

The four senators announcing the progress on their effort are Republicans Lindsey Graham and Roger Wicker, and Democrats Richard Blumenthal and Jeanne Shaheen.<\/p>\n

Reflecting Pool is getting another draining<\/p>\n

Crews are again draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as Trump\u2019s problem-plagued efforts to revamp it push well past his goal of having it ready by July Fourth to mark the nation\u2019s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n

The president at first suggested his renovations would last a century. But, within weeks of the project originally reaching completion last month, the water was covered by algae and pieces of the new coating appeared to be peeling off the bottom.<\/p>\n

Trump has blamed the peeling on vandals, though critics contend it\u2019s from shoddy repair work.<\/p>\n

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a podcast interview released this week that the new round of draining was planned and that the water might contain debris from the Independence Day fireworks over the National Mall.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrain the water, clean up the fireworks stuff,\u201d Burgum said. \u201cRepair the vandalism that was done. Fill it back up again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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DC calls on Michigan and the US Virgin Islands to bring their troops home<\/p>\n

Washington, D.C., council members have added their voices to a chorus of groups asking Michigan and the U.S. Virgin Islands to bring their National Guard units home.<\/p>\n

\u201cTemporary, event-specific assistance for a major national celebration is fundamentally different from an open-ended military presence in District neighborhoods,\u201d reads a letter sent Thursday that was signed by all 13 council members.<\/p>\n

A coalition<\/a> of groups previously sent a similar letter to Michigan raising questions about how troops sent to help with the July 4 celebration were diverted to a surge in President Donald Trump\u2019s crime-fighting initiative in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cDC residents have been saying for 11 months straight that we need the National Guard and federal surge forces out of our communities immediately,\u201d Keya Chatterjee, executive director of the group Free DC, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

No immediate change in US military operations following end of ceasefire<\/p>\n

Capt. Tim Hawkins, the spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said there were \u201cno operational updates at this time\u201d when he was asked about the end of the ceasefire announced by President Donald Trump in a social media post earlier Friday.<\/p>\n

Trump said in a post on his social media platform that the United States told Iran \u201cin no uncertain terms, that the Cease Fire is OVER!\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked if the end of the ceasefire would mean a restart to the air bombing that was the mainstay of the conflict, Hawkins said he wouldn\u2019t forecast future operations.<\/p>\n

Hawkins did say that U.S. forces in the region \u201cremain vigilant, lethal, and prepared to execute operations directed by the Commander in Chief.\u201d<\/p>\n

Critics accuse Trump of damaging voters\u2019 trust<\/p>\n

On Capitol Hill, the leading Democrats with election oversight responsibility said Trump, rather than bolstering U.S. election integrity, is further politicizing the voting process.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump is trying to dismantle yet another independent guardrail of our democracy designed to keep elections fair and secure,\u201d said Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Rep. Joe Morelle, D-New York. \u201cPurging commissioners just months before the midterm elections and further gutting support for our state and local elections officials is a blatant part of his plan to politicize our elections and enable more unlawful and dangerous election interference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Padilla is the ranking member of the Senate Rules Committee and Morelle is ranking member of the House Administration Committee.<\/p>\n

A US license could let Ukraine produce Patriot missiles, but it won\u2019t be simple or quick<\/p>\n

President Trump\u2019s pledge to give Ukraine a license<\/a> to produce Patriot air-defense systems<\/a> could mark a major breakthrough for Kyiv, but experts and Ukrainian officials warn that turning the idea into real weapons would likely take years.<\/p>\n

Speaking Wednesday alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a NATO summit<\/a> in Ankara, Turkey, Trump said the United States would allow Ukraine to make the U.S.-designed systems Kyiv has long sought<\/a> to shield its cities and infrastructure from Russian missiles and drones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll give them the right to make Patriots. We\u2019ll show them how to do it,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI think they can produce them pretty quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the statement left open a crucial question: What exactly would Ukraine be allowed to produce?<\/p>\n

\u25b6 Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump says talks with Iran to continue despite ceasefire ending<\/p>\n

The president posted Friday on social media that Iran had \u201casked us to continue \u2018talks\u2019\u201d and his administration has agreed to do so.<\/p>\n

But Trump added that \u201cin no uncertain terms\u201d that the ceasefire is no longer in place.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear how productive talks can be to end the war with Iran so long as the status of the Strait of Hormuz is uncertain and attacks could supersede any commitments made in negotiations.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s decision on housing bill comes more than a week after he canceled plans to sign it<\/p>\n

He announced then that he was using it as leverage in his push for a strict voter ID bill.<\/p>\n

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act aims to lower the cost of housing and spur more home construction. It\u2019s the broadest federal effort in decades to address America\u2019s housing affordability problems, as state and local regulations have made it difficult to build in many of the communities that are also sources of job growth and economic opportunity. White House economists estimated earlier this year a national shortage of 10 million homes<\/a> and the bill could help to close a portion of that gap.<\/p>\n

But Trump called the bill \u201ca yawn\u201d<\/a> and \u201cso unimportant\u201d compared to legislation that would require proof of citizenship<\/a> for all voters.<\/p>\n

He surprised Republican lawmakers June 24, when, shortly before a planned signing ceremony at the Capitol, he announced he wouldn\u2019t approve the bill until lawmakers first passed the voting legislation.<\/p>\n

\u25b6 Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Stocks and oil prices drift as global markets continue to calm<\/p>\n

U.S. stocks and oil prices<\/a> are drifting toward a quiet finish of the week Friday following earlier fireworks <\/a> on worries about how the war with Iran<\/a> will affect the global flow of crude<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The S&P 500 rose 0.1% and was on track to close out a fourth winning week in the last five. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 65 points, or 0.1%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% higher.<\/p>\n

Oil prices were holding relatively steady, even after a series of unclaimed airstrikes<\/a> hit Iran after the U.S. said it finished its attacks<\/a>. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose 0.2% to $76.47.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s above the $72 it was at the start of the week, when it was back below its level from before the war with Iran, but it\u2019s still well below its wartime peak of nearly $120.<\/p>\n

\u25b6 Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump won\u2019t sign housing bill but will let it become law<\/p>\n

Trump has chosen not to sign a sweeping housing affordability bill<\/a> Friday, in protest of Congress not approving a strict voter ID bill that doesn\u2019t have enough support to pass.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by Congress and sent to the White House, in PROTEST over the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,\u201d Trump posted on social media.<\/p>\n

The housing measure will become law without Trump\u2019s signature. He had 10 days to issue a veto and stop the measure, which he chose not to do.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s rejection of the bipartisan housing legislation exacerbates tensions with his own party in a midterm election year and cuts short their efforts to address a key voter concern about rising costs.<\/p>\n

Trump ousts election commission members in latest push to reshape US voting process<\/p>\n

Trump has ousted members of the bipartisan Federal Election Commission that resisted his efforts to require would-be voters to document their U.S. citizenship before registering.<\/p>\n

The White House on Friday confirmed the executive action against members of the Election Assistance Commission, which distributes federal grants to states, oversees the testing of voting systems and maintains the national voter registration forms.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the latest move in the Republican president\u2019s effort to expand White House influence over how U.S. elections are conducted and comes after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gave the president new personnel authority to fire members of independent agency boards.<\/p>\n

\u25b6 Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Unclaimed airstrikes target Iran after US attacks, raising questions of who launched them<\/p>\n

The series of unclaimed airstrikes that hit Iran after the U.S. said it finished its attacks<\/a> have again raised questions of who else may be targeting the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n

The strikes Thursday, just as Iran prepared to bury the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/a>, hit areas across southern Iran. The country\u2019s theocracy hasn\u2019t directly blamed anyone for the strikes, though one lawmaker issued a warning to the United Arab Emirates over allegedly providing support to the United States in its campaign against Iran.<\/p>\n

Gulf Arab states, which repeatedly have been targeted by Iran since the war began Feb. 28, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday over the strikes. The attacks come as they and the U.S. insist the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> must be open and free to ships to transit.<\/p>\n

\u25b6 Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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