Iran-US War

Iran's new security chief says the strait stays shut until the US ends the war, releases frozen assets and agrees a region-wide ceasefire. Brent pushed toward US$89 as the deadlock hardened.

On 28 July 2026, Donald Trump told Fox News that the Strait of Hormuz belongs, in practical terms, to the United States Navy. Shipping registry data say something quieter and considerably more complicated.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei stepped in front of cameras on 3 August with a pointed message: the talks Tehran is holding over the Strait of Hormuz involve Oman, not Washington.

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that he would hold off on new US strikes against Iran, saying Middle Eastern allies had agreed the parameters of a deal covering the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to Iran's nuclear threat.

CENTCOM said US forces had targeted Iranian coastal surveillance and air defence facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites in the latest round of strikes against Iran.

Mahdi al-Mashat, chairman of the Houthi-led Supreme Political Council, declared the Bab el-Mandeb Strait closed to Saudi-linked shipping in late July 2026, framing the move as retaliation for Saudi Arabia's blockade of Yemen.

Neither Washington nor Tehran fired a shot for a second straight day, the longest quiet stretch in two weeks of war, as mediators edge both sides toward an interim ceasefire.

Fabricated images of American strikes on Iran's main oil terminal reached millions, posted by the US president himself. None of the attacks happened.