Tehran: Iran has rejected US President Donald Trump’s claim that Washington has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz. It said the strategic waterway will not be reopened until the United States accepts Tehran’s conditions.
It said such claims has not changed the situation on the ground. “Claims and repeated posts by US officials that the Strait of Hormuz is no longer blocked do not change the reality: the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked and will not be reopened until Iran’s conditions are accepted,” the PGSA said. The statement came hours after Trump claimed that the United States had “total control” over the Strait and intended to keep it. He described the US naval deployment in the region as a “WALL OF STEEL” and said Iran could do nothing about it.
The Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), in a post on X, dismissed repeated statements from Trump and other US officials that the Strait is no longer blocked.
“All they have is FAKE NEWS and 300% INFLATION, and getting worse!
Mohsen Rezaei, the newly appointed head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said Tehran will not fully reopen the waterway until the United States met “all the conditions”. The United States has said that protecting freedom of navigation is an important security objective in the region. Iran is all talk and no action, the Bully of the Middle East No Longer. Praise be to Allah! President DONALD J. TRUMP,” he added. Washington has deployed a major naval presence in the Gulf as the confrontation over Hormuz continues.
