
The truth they won't tell you:
Harry Sisson falsely portrays Associated Press reports as directly confirming Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz less than 24 hours after President Trump's ceasefire announcement, when AP attributes the claim solely to unverified Iranian state media. Gulf News reports a surge in ship traffic through the Strait on April 8 as the ceasefire took hold, with first vessels passing since the agreement, contradicting any full blockade. The ceasefire, announced on April 7 evening and thus in effect under 24 hours by April 8, tied Strait reopening to pre-agreement threats by Trump and conditional statements by Iran's foreign minister, not binding terms per NPR and AP. While Al Jazeera and some outlets link reopening to the deal, Reuters clarifies it remained conditional with ships needing Iranian permission, and no official statements confirm it as a core element. Harry Sisson distorts these murky, attributed reports into ironclad fact of violation and total collapse, manufacturing urgency with premature outrage over a fragile truce to provoke fear of war.
• "JUST IN: Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Iranian state media reports." - Associated Press (center), April 8, 2026 -> apnews.com/live/iran-war-…
• "That didn't stop Iran from effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway through which around a fifth of the world's traded oil passes." - Associated Press (center), April 8, 2026 -> apnews.com/article/iran-u…
• "Surge in Ship Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz as ceasefire takes hold (April 8, 2026); first vessels have passed through since ceasefire." - Gulf News (center), April 8, 2026 -> gulfnews.com/business/energ…
• "The ceasefire is a temporary agreement to suspend strikes for two weeks; Strait of Hormuz mentions tied to pre-ceasefire threats by Trump and conditional safe passage statement by Iranian FM, not presented as binding elements of the truce." - NPR (center-left), 2026-04-08 -> npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-…
• "No official statements confirm that the opening of the Strait of Hormuz was part of the ceasefire deal. Terms are murky; Iran closed the Strait after the agreement due to Israeli strikes." - AP News (center), 2026-04-08 -> apnews.com/live/iran-war-…
• "President Donald Trump announced Tuesday evening that the U.S. had reached a two-week ceasefire agreement with Iran ahead of a looming deadline, placing it in effect less than 24 hours as of April 8, 2026." - Politico (center-left), 2026-04-07 -> politico.com/news/2026/04/0…
• "Trump said the last-minute deal was subject to Iran's agreement to pause its blockade of oil and gas supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, announced on April 7 evening and thus in effect for under 24 hours on April 8." - Reuters (center), 2026-04-07 -> reuters.com/world/iran-war…
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