initial deal signed last week<\/a>, Iran was to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the key shipping channel through which 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas travels.<\/p>\nThe US also agreed to lift a military blockade on ships going to and from Iranian ports.<\/p>\n
The deal also includes a $300bn (\u00a3224bn) plan for Iran’s “reconstruction”, and the US terminating “all types of sanctions” on it.<\/p>\n
But the issue of Iran’s nuclear programme is still to be negotiated.<\/p>\n
On Sunday some vessels appeared to be entering, exiting and transiting the strait, according to location data on the maritime tracking website MarineTraffic, despite Iran’s claim – disputed by the US – to have closed the strait.<\/p>\n
The initial deal also called for fighting to stop on all fronts, <\/b>but in Lebanon Israeli air strikes have since killed at least 67 people, while Hezbollah attacks have killed five Israeli soldiers.<\/p>\n
Israel has insisted that its conflict with Hezbollah is separate from the war on Iran, which it mounted alongside the US on 28 February.<\/p>\n
Lebanon was drawn into the war shortly afterwards, when Iran-backed Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed Iran’s supreme leader.<\/p>\n
Israel responded by launching a bombing campaign across Lebanon and occupying around 5% of the country’s territory in the south – hoping to drive back Hezbollah fighters from its northern border – and has said it has no intention of withdrawing.<\/p>\n
Since 2 March, at least 4,106 people have been killed in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says. Its figures do not differentiate between combatants and civilians.<\/p>\n
Israeli authorities say 36 Israeli soldiers and four civilians have been killed on both sides of the border.<\/p>\n
Additional reporting by Lana Lam, Emma Pengelly and Richard Irvine-Brown<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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