# Who controls the Strait of Hormuz: Iran or the US?

https://mins.news/en/video/21608

- BBC News, 2026-08-13 20:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdWSR6EIa2M

> US President Donald Trump claims the United States controls the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran calls those claims “lies”. The US has also unusually criticised Israel, its ally in the war with Iran, after Israel’s defence minister said troops would remain in southern Lebanon.

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