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US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States was"taking over" the Strait of Hormuz from Iran, as Iranian authoritiesmaintained the strategic waterway remained closed due to recent US militaryaction.
Speaking with Fox News, Trump suggested the United States wouldbecome the "guardian" of the waterway and said the internationalcommunity should reimburse Washington for protecting it. "We're going tokeep the strait, and we'll probably run it... We should be reimbursed forthat," he said. "We're going to guard it. We're going to get paid forguarding it - a lot of money."
“The other nations are verywealthy. They're on our side, and we can't be expected to do that fornothing."
He also asserted that Iranian negotiators had spent 11 hours intalks with US officials and initially agreed to a deal before later seeking amendments."Everything was agreed to yesterday... They leave the room and they callback and they say we had to make a couple of changes. We're not going to makechanges.”
Washington, he argued, should have confronted the Iranian threat"47 years ago,” and criticized previous US administrations for allowingTehran to become "more and more powerful."
Meanwhile, Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority announced thatpassage through the Strait of Hormuz was "currently unfeasible"because of recent "hostile actions" by US forces, adding that transitrequests would be reviewed once "stability and calm" were restored.
1/Due to recent hostile actions by the US forces, passage through the #Strait_of_Hormuz is currently unfeasible. As soon as stability and calm are restored, all applications will be reviewed in accordance with the scheduled timeline, and the permitting process will resume.
— PGSA | نهاد مدیریت آبراه خلیج فارس (@PGSA_IRAN) July 13, 2026US forces continued striking Iranian targets on Monday after Trumpdeclared the June 17 Islamabad memorandum of understanding that had endedhostilities between the two sides "over" during the weekend. Iran retaliatedwith attacks on US military bases in Gulf states and declared the agreement"practically ended," with both sides accusing each other of violatingits terms.
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