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Oil tankers halt Strait of Hormuz transit after US-Israel strikes on Iran

Declared August 13 that the Strait of Hormuz 'remains blocked and will not be reopened until Iran's conditions are accepted,' directly contradicting Trump's 'total control' claim

President Trump said on August 14 that he plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz "a territory of the United States" once Iran is fully defeated. Iran's deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, called the claim a "fanciful delusion" the next day, writing that the strait "has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian."

Updated 7 days ago

Western powers and Japan pledge to secure the Strait of Hormuz after Iran shuts the world's most important oil chokepoint

Force in Play

Active — enforcing 40-question vessel declaration and toll system for all Hormuz transits as of May 5, 2026

Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz on February 28, 2026, after US-Israeli strikes, cutting off roughly a fifth of global oil supply. The US-Iran ceasefire, extended by Trump on April 21, holds formally. But Iran's May 10 counter-proposal demanded Iranian sovereignty over the strait, an end to all US sanctions, and an immediate lifting of the naval blockade. Trump called the response "totally unacceptable," and roughly 1,500 commercial vessels remain trapped inside the Persian Gulf.

Updated May 30