US President Donald Trump on Thursday warned Iran against imposing a toll for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran agreed to reopen the crucial route as part of a two-week ceasefire.

"There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait – They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!" Trump said on his Truth Social platform.

In a second message just a few minutes later, Trump added that "very quickly, you'll see Oil start flowing, with or without the help of Iran."

The US leader kept up his barrage of social media posts with another that accused Tehran of "doing a very poor job, dishonourable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz."

"That is not the agreement we have!" Trump added.

Just 10 vessels have passed through the Strait of Hormuz since the Middle East war ceasefire took effect, according to maritime tracking data consulted on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Iran's top diplomat also took to social media.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned the US against allowing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "kill diplomacy," as a fragile ceasefire took hold following 40 days of fighting.

In a post on social media, Iran's top diplomat wrote, "Netanyahu's criminal trial resumes on Sunday. A region-wide ceasefire, including in Lebanon, would hasten his jailing."

Araghchi was referring to the criminal trial of Netanyahu that's ongoing since 2020, involves charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust across three cases.

Following the outbreak of the war on February 28, the Justice Ministry placed the courts under a “special emergency” format that sharply curtailed regular proceedings and left only urgent matters moving. (Agencies)



Edited by Azam Khan