Iran, US make competing claims over control of Strait of Hormuz
Iran says vessels need permission to pass Hormuz as Kpler data shows traffic down 90% from prewar levels, while Washington plans new sanctions.
- On Friday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation chief executive Shaikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah called the current crisis the toughest since Iraq's 1990 invasion, as Iranian restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz choke off vital oil exports.
- Since the war began February 28, 2026, Iran has effectively blocked the Strait of Hormuz, forcing vessel traffic down roughly 90% and sparking competing claims with President Donald Trump over waterway control.
- Trade intelligence firm Kpler recorded only nine commodity vessels transiting Thursday, near a three-month low, while Trump claimed the U.S. maintains a 'WALL OF STEEL' naval blockade countering Iran's control.
- Kuwait's oil-sector GDP collapsed 12.5% in the first quarter of 2026, with the country's overall economy contracting 4.6% as KPC struggles to find export alternatives amid maritime paralysis.
- Negotiations between Tehran and Oman regarding alternative routes remain unfinalized, leaving Kuwait exposed to prolonged economic risks and environmental damage to sensitive mangrove ecosystems along the Persian Gulf.
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Strait Of Hormuz: Perception Is Reality
Source: – / Getty Strait of Hormuz: Perception Is Reality Tony Katz isn’t buying the victory narrative on Iran. “Perception is reality,” Katz said flatly — and right now, the perception is that the U.S. looks weaker in the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz than the White House wants to admit. The dispute centers on who actually controls the vital oil chokepoint. President Trump has claimed the U.S. controls the strait “one hundred percent.” Ir…
Iran formalises Strait of Hormuz control as US struggles to sustain war it launched with Israel
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Over the past 24 hours, the Strait of Ormuz, where clashes are taking place in parallel with an oil spill, has (yet) been the subject of a communication battle between Iran and the United States, each claiming control.
Major-General Arnaut Moreira points out that Iran will postpone agreements in Ormuz to politically wear down the American president. Mecca's agreement already creates a new pole of Muslim power in the Middle East.
Iran asserts full claim to Strait of Hormuz, calls U.S. war ‘miscalculated’
Iranian officials taunted the U.S. and claimed full control and management of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, contradicting President Trump’s contention the U.S. is directing oil traffic through the waterway at the heart of the Middle East dispute. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said no commercial or tanker vessel could transit safely through this strait without the authorization and supervision of Iran’s “powerful armed forces,” accor…
The Iran and the US government of Donald Trump cannot agree on a regulation for the road. The oil price reacts. Also the energy agency IEA is worried.
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