Iran, US make competing claims over control of Strait of Hormuz
Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is about 90% below prewar levels as Iran demands sanctions relief and U.S. troop withdrawals before reopening.
- On Wednesday, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority rejected President Donald Trump's assertion of "total control" over the Strait of Hormuz, maintaining the waterway remains blocked until Iran's conditions are accepted.
- Brokered by Pakistan and Qatar, the interim memorandum of understanding approaches its August 17 expiration date with no extension talks underway, as Tehran describes "nothing to extend" regarding the agreement.
- Lloyd's List Intelligence data recorded only 78 transits through the strait between August 3 and 9, a decrease from 95 the previous week, contradicting Trump's control claims.
- Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei demanded an end to the U.S. naval blockade and release of frozen funds, stating "As long as the U.S. does not change its behaviour and accept Iran's conditions, the Strait of Hormuz will not be reopened."
- With the MoU set to lapse in five days, the standoff's next phase remains uncertain as to whether diplomacy or continued closure will define the waterway's trajectory absent any governing agreement.
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Strait Of Hormuz: Perception Is Reality
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Iran formalises Strait of Hormuz control as US struggles to sustain war it launched with Israel
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Over the past 24 hours, the Strait of Ormuz, where clashes are taking place in parallel with an oil spill, has (yet) been the subject of a communication battle between Iran and the United States, each claiming control.
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Iran asserts full claim to Strait of Hormuz, calls U.S. war ‘miscalculated’
Iranian officials taunted the U.S. and claimed full control and management of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, contradicting President Trump’s contention the U.S. is directing oil traffic through the waterway at the heart of the Middle East dispute. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said no commercial or tanker vessel could transit safely through this strait without the authorization and supervision of Iran’s “powerful armed forces,” accor…
The Iran and the US government of Donald Trump cannot agree on a regulation for the road. The oil price reacts. Also the energy agency IEA is worried.
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