{"id":320320,"date":"2026-04-17T21:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=320320"},"modified":"2026-04-17T21:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:44:01","slug":"iran-declares-strait-of-hormuz-open-for-duration-of-ceasefire-oil-prices-plunge-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/iran-declares-strait-of-hormuz-open-for-duration-of-ceasefire-oil-prices-plunge-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran declares Strait of Hormuz open for duration of ceasefire, oil prices plunge &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=03zxzk4qx#font-decrease\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=03zxzk4qx#font-increase\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Iran\u2019s foreign minister said on Friday that passage for all industrial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is said completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, consistent with the ceasefire in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>The passage of vessels through the strait shall be on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of Iran, Abbas Araqchi added in a post on X.<br \/>Oil prices plunged by about nine per cent on Friday, extending previous losses, after Iran\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The value for Brent crude \u2013 the international benchmark for oil \u2013 dropped by $8.46, or 8.5 per cent, to $90.93 a barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell $8.87, or 9.4 per cent, to $85.82 a barrel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size Iran\u2019s foreign minister said on Friday that passage for all industrial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is said completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, consistent with the ceasefire in Lebanon. 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