{"id":14627,"date":"2026-08-20T17:08:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=14627"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:08:33","slug":"iran-rejects-trumps-hormuz-total-control-claim-says-strait-will-reopen-only-on-tehrans-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=14627","title":{"rendered":"Iran rejects Trump&#8217;s Hormuz &#8216;total control&#8217; claim, says strait will reopen only on Tehran&#8217;s terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133383756,imgsize-67004,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg\" alt=\"Iran rejects Trump's Hormuz 'total control' claim, says strait will reopen only on Tehran's terms\" title=\"Iran rejected Trump's claim of US &quot;total control&quot; over the Strait of Hormuz\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Iran rejected Trump's claim of US &quot;total control&quot; over the Strait of Hormuz\">Iran rejected Trump&#8217;s claim of US &#8220;total control&#8221; over the Strait of Hormuz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Iran has pushed back against US President Donald Trump\u2019s repeated claims that Washington has \u201ctotal control\u201d over the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran insisting that the strategically vital waterway remains under Iranian control and will not be fully reopened to international shipping unless the US meets its demands.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Iranian consul general in Mumbai Saeid Reza Mosayeb Motlagh told ANI on Thursday that Trump\u2019s claim was \u201cfalse\u201d, rejecting his assertion that the US had destroyed Iran\u2019s naval and missile forces.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Motlagh said Tehran was prepared to reopen the strait once Washington fulfilled its commitments and accepted Iran\u2019s conditions under a 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Trump had said on Tuesday that the US had \u201ctotal control\u201d over the strait through its naval blockade and backed the idea of declaring the strategic waterway US territory.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>He also claimed the passage remained open and said Iran could still try to disrupt shipping by laying mines. The comments came as Washington continued to use control of the waterway as a major source of pressure on Tehran.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Motlagh said any arrangement on Hormuz would have to protect Iran as well as countries along the southern shores of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. He said Tehran would not accept any agreement that caused damage to Iranian territory.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has separately said the strait would remain closed to full international shipping until Washington fulfils the commitments outlined in the MoU. These include lifting the US blockade, releasing frozen Iranian assets, lifting oil sanctions and ending threats and military operations against Iran.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Ghalibaf also described Washington&#8217;s actions as a \u201cbreach of covenant\u201d and warned that Iran was prepared to mount a renewed military response if it considered the ceasefire understanding violated.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3><b>Trump widens pressure campaign<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The latest dispute over Hormuz comes as Trump has announced a new economic offensive against Iran, warning that countries providing Tehran with \u201cany type of lifeline\u201d could face \u201ctremendous\u201d economic consequences.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Trump said the US was preparing what he described as the \u201cmost crushing\u201d economic operation ever imposed on a country, targeting financial and commercial support that could help Iran withstand the pressure. <!-- -->He did not immediately specify which countries or entities would face penalties.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>The warning raises the prospect of pressure on countries and businesses that continue trading with Iran, as Washington seeks to combine the naval blockade with tighter economic isolation. Iran, meanwhile, has continued to reject US claims over Hormuz and tied any full reopening of the waterway to a broader set of political and economic concessions.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-rejects-trumps-hormuz-total-control-claim-says-strait-will-reopen-only-on-tehrans-terms\/articleshow\/133383098.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran rejected Trump&#8217;s claim of US &#8220;total control&#8221; over the Strait of Hormuz Iran has pushed back against US President Donald Trump\u2019s repeated claims that Washington has \u201ctotal control\u201d over the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran insisting that the strategically vital waterway remains under Iranian control and will not be fully reopened to international shipping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Iran rejected Trump&#8217;s claim of US &#8220;total control&#8221; 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