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I'm Ed Donahue with an AP News Minute.

The Straight-A-Four Moose is now open to traffic,

but Admiral Brad Cooper, who heads the U.S. Central Command,

says the blockade of Iranian ports and vessels continues.

We're watching every Iranian ship in every port.

Period, full stop.

That allows us to execute to the high degree

that we've been able to do.

We're able to sustain this as long as necessary.

The opening of the Straight-A-Four Moose

is part of the 10-day ceasefire between Israel

and Iran-backed Hezbollah and Lebanon.

The U.S. Iran ceasefire runs out next week.

Oil prices dropped back to where they were

in the early days of the Iran War,

and stocks are racing toward another record.

A spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry

says the straight is still under the supervision of Iran,

but if the U.S. violates its own commitments,

it will take necessary reciprocal measures.

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I'm Ed Donahue.