Breaking: Iran reasserted control over the Strait of Hormuz overnight.
Hours after Donald Trump told the world Iran had agreed to never close the Strait of Hormuz again, Iran closed it again.
Trump often announces grand deals the other side never agreed to. He posted Friday that Israel is “PROHIBITED” from bombing Lebanon. Over a million Lebanese are already displaced, one in five of the country. Nobody in Jerusalem or Tehran is waiting for his permission to do anything.
The Iran ceasefire expires Wednesday. Call your representatives through 5 Calls and Resistbot and demand they tell the White House to extend the ceasefire.
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