# Iran issues demands to reopen Hormuz as Trump calls it US territory

https://mins.news/en/video/25288

- CNN, 2026-08-18 15:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWwnHdABROs

> Iranian parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf set out demands for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and urged Washington to honor other terms in an expired memorandum of understanding. Donald Trump posted an image labeling the strait “New US Territory.”

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