Iran war what is happening in the Strait of Hormuz

This is Iran's foreign minister arriving in Oman on Saturday for talks about the Strait of Hormuz. Abbas Araghchi's arrival comes at the end of a week that saw three commercial tankers come under fire. That, once again, slowed traffic in the waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil typically flows. That, in turn, prompted the US to hit Iranian sites, and for Iran to respond This tit-for-tat needs to stop, right? US President Donald Trump has also declared an end to the ceasefire reached between the two sides. The interim deal was meant to pave the way to the end of a conflict now in its fifth month that has killed thousands, throttled worldwide energy supplies, and raised fears of a global economic downturn. We're a little bit out of control, but they want to make it bad. So what do the two sides want? During the war, Iran has largely taken control of the Strait. The US is demanding that Iran publicly state that it will stop attacks on ships, according to senior US officials on Friday. Washington also wants lanes open, they said, with no tolls through the waterway. For Iran, it is an issue of maintaining control. One senior Iranian source described Hormuz as Iran's golden weapon, and said the view in top circles is that no rational country could give up such an important point of leverage.