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IRGC rejects Trump’s claim of controlling Strait of Hormuz

Published : Thursday, 13 August, 2026 at 3:36 PM

Observer Online Report

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has rejected US President Donald Trump’s claim that the United States now controls the Strait of Hormuz.

Speaking to reporters during a visit to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Tuesday, Trump said the US was “controlling the Strait of Hormuz” and had “complete control” over the strategic waterway.

IRGC spokesman Hossein Taeb rejected the claim, saying the Strait of Hormuz remains under the “full control and management” of Iran’s Islamic Republic and would remain so.

The 167-kilometre Strait of Hormuz is a crucial route for global energy trade, carrying around one-fifth of the world’s energy products. Iran lies on one side of the strait and Oman on the other.

Iran imposed a blockade on foreign shipping through the strait after the US launched an operation in Iran on February 28. The US subsequently imposed a blockade on Iranian maritime ports.

Following mediation by Pakistan, Iran and the US signed a memorandum of understanding in Islamabad on June 17, after which Iran lifted the Strait of Hormuz blockade and the US Navy withdrew its patrols from Iranian ports.

Iran withdrew from the Islamabad agreement on July 13 and reinstated the blockade of the strait, which remains in place.

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