Al-Monitor reports that Iran and the United States reached a July interim agreement ending a three-month conflict, under which Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz to toll-free passage for 60 days. The same source states Iran had closed the strait at the start of hostilities and previously charged some vessels navigation fees. Analyses from progressive, conservative, libertarian, and critical viewpoints differ on the implications of Iranian control over the waterway that carried one-fifth of global energy supplies before the war.