{"id":247815,"date":"2026-08-13T16:25:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/247815\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T16:25:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:25:48","slug":"no-ship-can-safely-pass-tehran-rejects-us-claims-on-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/247815\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No ship can safely pass\u2019: Tehran rejects US claims on Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Iran\u2019s top military command declared that no vessel can safely transit the Strait of Hormuz without its permission, rejecting US claims of control. The statement came after President Donald Trump asserted America\u2019s \u201ctotal control\u201d over the strategic waterway, describing a naval blockade as a \u201cwall of steel.\u201d  &#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Published Date &#8211; 13 August 2026, 09:35 PM <\/p>\n<p>                        &#13;<br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/StraitHormuz.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018No ship can safely pass\u2019: Tehran rejects US claims on Strait of Hormuz\" class=\"lozad\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                                                                     &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Tehran: Iran\u2019s main military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, on Thursday stated that no vessel can safely transit the Strait of Hormuz without the permission of Iran, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe false American claims that ships are passing through the Strait of Hormuz normally are nothing more than lies and falsehoods,\u201d the spokesman of the headquarters stated, Iran\u2019s state-controlled Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is announced that the Strait of Hormuz, as in the past, is under the complete management and control of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and no commercial ship or tanker will be able to safely transit through this strait without the permission and supervision of the powerful Iranian armed forces,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Sayed Abbas Aragchi said that the US has miscalculated the war on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe US has long miscalculated due to intelligence failures. Case in point: The war on Iran. Now, an even bigger miscalculation on the Strait of Hormuz. Worse than fake news is fake intelligence. Be careful,\u201d he stated on X.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump said the United States has \u201ctotal control\u201d over the Strait of Hormuz and indicated that Washington intends to retain its hold over the strategic waterway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe USA has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I think we will keep it!\u201d Trump said in a post on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>The US President described the naval blockade in sweeping terms. He said Iran could do nothing to challenge it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, \u2018a wall of steel,\u2019 and there is nothing Iran can do about it,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The President did not provide operational details about the blockade. He also did not say how long the US expected to maintain control of the Strait or set out the conditions under which the operation could end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s top military command declared that no vessel can safely transit the Strait of Hormuz without its permission,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[38,34,34702,14209,68857,101,69,24348],"class_list":["post-247815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tehran","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-irib","tag-khatam-al-anbiya-central-headquarters","tag-sayed-abbas-aragchi","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-tehran","tag-us-naval-blockade"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117089139628194548","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}