Iran says Trump ‘lied’ about US control over Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump said he will seek compensation from Iran for casualties in the war.

US ​President Donald Trump departed on a secret military flight from Turkey last month when the White House said he was flying aboard Air Force One, an extraordinary ​move prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, the Washington Post reported Monday.

US President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month's NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the Republican president was flying on Air Force One, according to a report published by The Washington Post. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us m...

US forces disable a Panama-flagged cargo ship attempting to sail towards an Iranian port.

Iran says Hormuz stays closed until US meets its demands and changes its 'behaviour' as global energy prices rise.

President Trump again insists US has 'total control' of strait, while Tehran resolute that the US must meet its demands.

Iran has kept control of Hormuz, a vital energy conduit, since the outbreak of the war on 28 February, requiring vessels to obtain permission and pay transit fees before using the waterway.

Iran called President Donald Trump's claim that Washington controlled the Strait of Hormuz "lies and fabrications" on Thursday as Ebrahim Zolfaghari, the spokesperson for Iran's central military command, said that the waterway was fully under Tehran's control. A day earlier, Trump had posted on Truth Social that the US...