Trump’s plan, dubbed “Project Freedom,” was set to begin on Monday morning in the Middle East, Trump said in a Sunday post on Truth Social. The announcement, scant of details on how the plan would work, came after two ships in the area reported attacks.
The effective closure of the Strait has roiled global markets, spiked oil prices, and curtailed the flow of agricultural and petrochemical products around the world.
Trump called the effort a “Humanitarian gesture on behalf of the United States, Middle Eastern Countries but, in particular, the Country of Iran.” Still, Trump warned that any interference with the process “will, unfortunately, have to be dealt with forcefully.”
“Any American interference in the new maritime regime of the Strait of Hormuz will be considered a violation of the ceasefire,” Azizi posted. “The Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf would not be managed by Trump’s delusional posts!”
Most commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been at a halt since early March, when Iran militarized the Strait in retaliation for the U.S. and Israel launching the war on Feb. 28. The Strait is one of the world’s most important energy corridors, with a fifth of global oil trade flowing through it. After the U.S. and Iran agreed to a temporary cease-fire on April 8, the Strait briefly opened but was closed again within hours. Iran said that the Strait would remain closed as long as Israel continued its attacks on Lebanon, which have killed thousands of people.
Last month, Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to “shoot and kill” any boats that lay mines in the Strait.
“We think that they’ve gotten less than $1.3 million in tolls, which is a pittance on their previous daily oil revenues,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News on Sunday.
Meanwhile, transit through the Strait has continued to be challenged. On Sunday, ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz faced attacks for the first time since April 22. An unidentified cargo ship traveling to the east of the Strait was attacked by multiple small craft, according to the U.K. military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center (UKMTO). No injuries were reported.
Another ship, a tanker, reported being hit by “unknown projectiles” at around 11:40 p.m. local time on Sunday off the coast of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
Since the war began, at least 29 attacks on vessels around the Strait have killed at least 10 seafarers and injured others, according to the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
How many ships are stranded?
Many of the ships are running low on food, drinking water, fuel, and other supplies, the IMO said. Many of the sailors come from India and countries in South and Southeast Asia, according to the Associated Press.
“Our support for this defensive mission is essential to regional security and the global economy as we also maintain the naval blockade,” CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in a statement.
Jonathan Hackett, a retired Marine Corps special operations specialist and counterintelligence agent, told Al Jazeera that, even if it wanted to, the U.S. Navy does not have the assets to escort hundreds of ships out of the Strait. “There are only about 12 Navy vessels that could actually conduct some kind of defence of these ships,” he said. “Before the war, there were over 100 transits per day through the Strait of Hormuz. The maths simply does not work out.”
Jennifer Parker, a nonresident fellow at the Lowy Institute and a former Royal Australian Navy officer, told CNN that, for some of those reasons, the mission is unlikely to be a close-escort operation, but rather about “trying to change the situation in the Strait” and be positioned to respond to possible Iranian attacks so that ships “feel safe.”
What happens next?
A second round of face-to-face negotiations has stalled since earlier marathon talks fell through last month. The U.S. and Iran have continued to negotiate indirectly via mediators including Pakistan.
Iran reportedly wants the U.S. to lift sanctions on Iran, end the naval blockade, and cease all hostilities in the region, including Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon. In a Saturday Truth Social post, Trump said he was reviewing the proposal but “can’t imagine that it would be acceptable.”
“We warn that any foreign armed force, especially the aggressive U.S. army, will be attacked if they attempt to approach and enter the Strait of Hormuz,” the military added.
“I am fully aware that my Representatives are having very positive discussions with the Country of Iran, and that these discussions could lead to something very positive for all,” Trump posted on Sunday. “The Ship movement is merely meant to free up people, companies, and Countries that have done absolutely nothing wrong — They are victims of circumstance.”
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