Who controls the Strait of Hormuz right now? Here's what the ship traffic actually shows

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz appears to have declined substantially as compared to before the war with Iran started earlier this year.

Iran and the U.S. are sending out contrasting messages about the future of the Strait of Hormuz. Mona Yacoubian of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies weighs in.

Iran formalises Strait of Hormuz control as US struggles to sustain war it launched with Israel Elis Gjevori on Fri, 08/14/2026 - 11:10 Washington threatens Iran with 'economic isolation the world has never seen before' but remains unable to break Iran’s grip on Hormuz A man walks past a m

The Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management," the recently appointed head of Iran's Basij paramilitary unit said on Thursday.

Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, PGSA, the body responsible for maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, has rejected claims by the United States of America officials that the waterway is open. “Claims and repeated posts by U.S. officials that the Strait of Hormuz is no longer blocked do not change the reality,”

How traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is adapting to war  CNN

UAE condemns attack on two Adnoc ships in Strait of Hormuz  thenationalnews.com

Fox News host Bret Baier on Wednesday pushed back on President Trump’s claim that the U.S. “totally” controls the Strait of Hormuz, saying that traffic through the waterway has slowed down “to a trickle.” “Usually, about one-fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas trade moves through there as well,” Baier said on We

Iran's central military commands spokesperson said US president's claim that the United States has control over the Strait of Hormuz is "nothing more than lies and fabrications".

Iran asserts full control over the Strait of Hormuz, challenging US claims of dominance in the strategic waterway.

Iran has kept control of Hormuz, a vital energy conduit, since the outbreak of the war on 28 February, requiring vessels to obtain permission and pay transit fees before using the waterway.

The Strait of Hormuz remains blocked and Iran says it will stay that way until its conditions are accepted.

Tehran says strategic waterway is ‘under Iran’s control and management,’ a day after Trump said U.S. had ‘total control’

Iran, US make competing claims over control of Strait of Hormuz  reuters.com

Nearly half a year into the US-Iran war, global oil stockpiles are rapidly diminishing as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively stalled and the two powers at the center of the hostilities argue about who controls the critical waterway. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted that the strait

DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management", the head of Iran's Basij paramilitary unit, Hossein Taeb, said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. The remarks came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that the U.S.

The remarks came a day after US President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that the US had "total control" of the strategic waterway.

DUBAI, Aug 13 - The Strait of Hormuz is \"under Iran's control and management\", the head of Iran's Basij paramilitary unit, Hossein Taeb, said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.

Donald Trump argued the Iranian navy has been destroyed and they cannot enforce the closure of the strait

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has "total" control over the Strait of Hormuz and will "keep it," as uncertainty continues over when and whether the waterway will fully reopen amid Tehran's calls for Washington to meet its demands. Trump made the remarks in a social media post amid repor

US President Donald Trump asserted on Wednesday that the United States maintains complete control over the Strait of Hormuz, characterising the American naval blockade on Iran as a “wall of steel,” even as Iranian officials dismissed the possibility of extending a temporary ceasefire.   In a post on the Truth Social pl

President Trump asserts the US maintains total control over the strategic Strait of Hormuz, calling its naval blockade a “wall of steel” amid the ongoing w

President Donald Trump declared once again on Wednesday that the U.S. military had “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz and floated the possibility the United States could retain control of the key waterway. “The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz,” he said on Truth Social on Wednesday morning. “I

Traffic is about 90% lower than the daily average of 130 ships that transited Hormuz before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.

US military opens fire on Strait of Hormuz ship as mediators fight to get America and Iran back to the negotiating table to try an end the crisis - as Trump falsely claims 'total control'

US president Donald Trump gave a bizarre update on his administration’s ongoing war with Iran on Tuesday, when he claimed the Middle Eastern trade route through which around a fifth of the world’s oil passes (and which has since resulted in high fuel prices amid the conflict) is now ‘owned’ by America.

The International Energy Agency calls for urgent reopening of the strait of Homuz amid ongoing pressure on global oil supplies The RAC says UK petrol prices have reached their peak since the start of the US war on Iran. The car services company said a litre of unleaded petrol hit a high of 161.66p at the weekend and h

Welcome back to City AM liveblog. Oil prices broke above $89 per barrel on Wednesday morning, notching the sixth consecutive sessions amid mixed signals around a potential deal between the US and Iran. The regime in Iran has said that the United States must end the war before they loosen their grip on the Strait of…

Gulf energy producers have acknowledged Iran's assertion of control over the critical Strait of Hormuz. This development occurs amidst attempts to resume passage through this essential route, which are stymied by ongoing tensions. Governments in the region prioritize peace over export delays, while Iran aims for financ

United States · GEOPOLITICS Key Facts —Announcement timeline: United States President Donald Trump declared in mid-June 2026 that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was complete and that he had authorised a toll-free opening. —Signatories: NBC reported that Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a memo