More confusion looms over Strait of Hormuz

Confusion is deepening in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran attacked three ships near the crucial waterway that has plunged the world into an energy crisis.

The attacks unfolded just a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would extend the two-week ceasefire with Iran.

The Islamic Republic said it fired on three outbound ships and seized two.

Iran called it retaliation for the American naval blockade of Iranian ports and for the U.S. firing on and seizing an Iranian ship that did not stop when hailed by a vessel enforcing the blockade.