Trump Claims Total Victory and Near Control of Strait of Hormuz

The announcement follows a series of conflicting claims over the critical waterway. US Central Command previously rejected assertions from the IRGC and Admiral Siari that Tehran controlled the strait, noting that over 1 billion barrels of oil had transited freely and that American forces had sunk the Iranian navy. Prior to these US claims, Iran's army chief warned that if Tehran could not trade, no one else would, while the Persian Gulf Waterways Management Authority began restricting vessels linked to non compliant charterers.