Iran said it reopened the Strait of Hormuz for commercial shipping during a Lebanon ceasefire, but the strait's status remains contested because Iran threatened to close it again if the US blockade continues — meaning today's announcement wasn't actually an all-clear. The post oversimplifies a fluid situation into a binary "closed" claim and suggests deliberate market manipulation by timing the announcement, but while Trump did make statements hours apart, the underlying events are real: oil markets did respond to the opening announcement, then prices fell as Iran's threats became clear. The post treats competing political claims as evidence of manipulation rather than reflecting the genuine ambiguity about whether the strait will stay open given ongoing US-Iran tensions.