Dismissing Trump, Iran Asserts Full Control over Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has asserted that Tehran’s forces hold ‘full and absolute’ control over the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The statement dismisses claims by US President Donald Trump that Washington ‘holds control’ over the vital waterway for global energy supplies.
Trump, in remarks at the White House, also claimed that the Strait of Hormuz is now open and that millions of barrels of oil continue to flow through the strategic waterway, despite the ongoing conflict with Iran.
The rebuttal to Trump’s claim, as reported by Press TV on Saturday (29/8/2026), was delivered by the IRGC Navy in a statement on Friday (28/8) local time.
‘The control held by the forces of the Islamic Republic (of Iran) over the strategic Strait of Hormuz is complete and absolute,’ the IRGC Navy asserted.
The IRGC Navy condemned the US claim that the Strait of Hormuz is open as a ‘sheer lie’, and said such claims are intended ‘solely to control oil prices and cover up their own defeats’.
The Strait of Hormuz, the IRGC Navy stressed, remains closed to vessels seeking to pass without prior coordination with Iranian authorities.
The IRGC Navy added that this situation will continue until what it called the ‘aggression of the terrorist army’ of the US against Iran ends and until related obligations are fulfilled.
Iran closed the strategic shipping lane in the Strait of Hormuz following a wave of large-scale US and Israeli attacks in late February. Tehran and Washington subsequently agreed to a 60-day reopening period for the strait as part of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in June.
However, renewed exchanges of attacks between the two countries, and mutual accusations of violations of the MoU, led Tehran to close the Strait of Hormuz once again.
Iran insists that vessels must comply with the rules it has established to transit the Strait of Hormuz, while the US asserts freedom of navigation in the waterway. Washington subsequently imposed a maritime blockade on Iranian ports to pressure the country.
A series of diplomatic efforts has been undertaken but has yet to yield results and has stalled. Iran has set a number of conditions or demands for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, including an end to US interference in maritime traffic in the region.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, stated that Tehran’s demands include the complete lifting of the illegal US economic blockade against Iran, a permanent halt to aggression on all fronts—including Lebanon—and clarification regarding the situation related to the blockade on Yemen, which is the base of the Houthis, Tehran’s allies.