Unclear Terms Haunt U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire

“The ambiguities in the language that U.S. negotiators agreed to in their interim cease-fire agreement with Iran appear to be coming back to haunt them, less than two weeks after the two sides signed the deal,” the New York Times reports.

“That much is clear from the surge in violence over the last 72 hours, which began on Thursday when Iranian forces struck a container ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for shipping oil and natural gas.”