Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Trump Claims Near-Total Hormuz Control Amid Iran Strikes
President Donald Trump said the United States now has almost complete control of the Strait of Hormuz.
He also said Iran’s economy was collapsing.
Trump denied that he was trying to make Iran negotiate with the United States.
He asked Iranian people when they would rise up against their government.
The United States said it had carried out strikes against several Iranian military targets.
It said the strikes followed attempted attacks on ships and American service members.
Iranian state media reported missile attacks near two Iranian cities.
Iran’s state news agency also claimed it attacked a United States-linked air base in Jordan, but that claim could not be independently confirmed.
President Donald Trump claimed the United States has “almost total control” of the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump said Iran’s economy was “totally collapsing” and denied trying to force Tehran into negotiations.
United States Central Command said it completed strikes on Iranian air defenses, mine-laying capabilities and communications sites.
IRIB reported missile strikes near the southwestern Iranian cities of Ahvaz and Aghajari.
Iran’s IRNA claimed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan; the claim was not independently verified.
- Who
- United States President Donald Trump, United States Central Command, Iranian officials and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- What
- Trump claimed near-total United States control of the Strait of Hormuz as American and Iranian strikes were reported.
- When
- Tuesday, amid an escalating United States-Iran confrontation.
- Where
- The Strait of Hormuz; areas near Ahvaz and Aghajari in Iran; and Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan.
- Why
- The United States said its strikes followed attempted Iranian attacks on commercial shipping and American service members. Trump said the strikes were retaliation for an alleged attempt to place sea mines in the strait.
United States Account
Iranian Account
Reason for United States strikes
United States Account
The United States said its strikes followed attempted attacks by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and American service members. Trump said the strikes responded to an alleged effort to place sea mines in the waterway.
Iranian Account
Iranian reporting described the United States as the “terrorist enemy of America” after missile strikes near Ahvaz and Aghajari, and Iranian officials had vowed a decisive response.
Reported military results
United States Account
Trump claimed the United States had almost total control of the strait, while United States Central Command said American forces completed strikes against Iranian military targets.
Iranian Account
IRNA claimed that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force conducted a ballistic-missile operation against Prince Hassan Air Base, destroying drones and killing pilots and crew members. The claim was not independently verified.
Political pressure and negotiations
United States Account
Trump said he was not seeking an agreement with Iran and urged Iranian people to challenge their government.
Iranian Account
The articles report Iran’s promise of a decisive response but do not provide an Iranian response to Trump’s comments about negotiations or his appeal to the Iranian public.
- Trump’s Hormuz claim
- He said the United States has “almost total control” of the Strait of Hormuz.
- Trump on Iran
- He said Iran’s economy was “totally collapsing.”
- Trump on negotiations
- He denied trying to force Iran back to the bargaining table.
- United States strikes
- United States Central Command said targets included air-defense sites, mine-laying capabilities and communications facilities.
- Reported Iranian missile strikes
- IRIB reported attacks near Ahvaz and Aghajari in southwestern Iran.
- Iranian response claim
- IRNA claimed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked drone hangars at Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan.
- Verification status
- The claim about the attack on the Jordanian base could not be independently verified.
