Responding to Trump’s claims of control, Iran says Hormuz won’t open until its conditions met

By Lazar Berman

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12 August 2026, 10:09 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Tankers and cargo vessels are seen in the Gulf of Oman, along shipping routes linking the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo)

After US President Donald Trump boasts that the US has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz with its “Wall of Steel” blockade, Iran reiterates that the waterway will not be opened until its demands are met.

“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,” writes Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority on X.

Iran created the authority in May to control shipping through the key strait.