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And welcome to NewsHour live from the BBC World Service in London.
I'm Rebecca Kesby.
Do not approach the Strait of Hormuz or your security will be jeopardised.
That's the message from the Iranian Navy today saying
that Iran has closed the Strait again following repeated Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon.
Tehran argues that the failure of Israeli troops to leave southern Lebanon violates the memorandum of understanding
signed by the US and Iran this week to set a framework to end the war,
but Israel has insisted it will retaliate if the Iranian-backed
group has So what is the status of the Strait of Hormuz right now?
Of the shipping analytics company, Windwood, which studies this sort of thing.
He's also a former captain in the Israeli Navy.
Ami, welcome to the program.
I know you've been watching The Straight Today.