Fresh hostilities in Gulf suggest US-Iran memorandum was too broadly worded

Fresh hostilities in the Gulf, erupting 10 days after a US-Iran memorandum aimed at ending conflict, suggest the agreement's ambiguous wording failed to resolve key disputes over a Lebanon ceasefire and the Strait of Hormuz. Conflicting interpretations of the memorandum have weakened its effectiveness, with Iranian critics arguing the country should not have reopened the Hormuz Strait.