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Iran closes Strait of Hormuz over ceasefire violations, state media reports 86%
6/20/2026, 4:12:10 PM
BS Summary: This video contains 22 faulty reasoning types, including Recency Bias, Overconfidence Bias, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 31.6% saturation with 71 hits. Analysis detected 535 faulty-reasoning hits from 225 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 78.3% and a BS Rank of 86% (3,095 of 21,887 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 85.90% of the video peer group.
Good day. I'm Corey Coffin in Los Angeles.
We come on the air with an update in the war with Iran.
Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz over
ceasefire violations citing Israeli strikes on Southern Lebanon.
That's according to Iranian state media.
The Strait had reopened as part of the US-Iran deal this week.
In a statement on X that did not acknowledge the apparent closure, US Central Command said 55 merchant ships transited the Strait on Saturday, quote, "moving large amounts of cargo and more than 17 million barrels of oil to global markets," end quote.
Now, it goes on to say
say US forces remain present and vigilant to ensure all aspects of the agreement with Iran are adhered to,
obeyed, and in full force and effect.
And in interview this morning, Vice President Pence confirmed that President
Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff,
and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are in
Switzerland for the next round of negotiations.
The Vice President said he expects to join them there.
We'll continue to monitor the story and bring you the latest here and on nbcnews.com.
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