Trump says he has ‘good news’ on Iran as tankers cross Strait of Hormuz

(Reuters)

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, April 18 – A convoy of oil tankers was crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, the first major movement of ships in ​the crucial waterway since the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran seven weeks ago.

The group of four liquefied petroleum gas carriers and several oil product and chemical tankers, was passing through Iranian ‌waters south of Larak Island with more tankers following from the Gulf, according to MarineTraffic data.

U.S. President Donald Trump hours earlier had cited “some pretty good news” about Iran, declining to elaborate. He also said fighting might resume without a peace deal by Wednesday.

Iran reopened the strait, which before the war carried a fifth of the world’s oil trade, following a separate U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement on Thursday by Israel and Lebanon.