# LIVE: Strait of Hormuz vessel traffic as Iran, US make competing claims over control

https://mins.news/en/video/21261

- Reuters, 2026-08-13 12:57 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UErTKrgfAko

> Vessel traffic in the Strait of Hormuz is being watched as Iran and the United States make rival claims over control of the strategic waterway. Iran’s newly appointed Basij commander said on Aug. 13 that the strait was under Iran’s “control and management,” a day after President Donald Trump said the United States had “total control.”

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