Official to Trump: Hormuz Was, Is and Will Remain Iranian
TEHRAN — Muhammad Mokhber, an adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest claims concerning the Strait of Hormuz, stressing that the strategic waterway “was Iranian and will remain Iranian.”
In an interview with Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen television, Mokhber said Trump is “fantasizing” about the Strait of Hormuz and emphasized that its management will be determined solely under arrangements established by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“We have a law on this matter that exists in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, and there is also a decision that the Leader makes regarding the Strait of Hormuz,” Mokhber said.
“The Strait of Hormuz will be managed solely according to the arrangements of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he added, dismissing Trump’s statements as “illogical, ineffective and futile.”
Mokhber also stressed that Iran is fully prepared to respond to any threat. “We do not want war, but we are always prepared to defend the country,” he said.
His remarks came after Trump renewed his claims about both contacts with Iran and the status of the strategically vital waterway.
On Tuesday, Trump said on Truth Social that no talks with Iran were taking place or scheduled, despite having repeatedly claimed in recent days that Washington was in contact with Iranian officials and had established a channel with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps. Those claims had been rejected by Iranian officials.
Trump also said that a U.S. naval blockade remained in place, while claiming that the Strait of Hormuz was “open and active” and that naval mines had either been removed or detonated.
The latest statements followed an earlier post in which Trump published an image of the Strait of Hormuz and described it as “new American territory.” The move prompted a sharp response from Iranian officials.
Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, responded on X that Trump’s “delusion” regarding the Strait of Hormuz would soon either be corrected or that Iran would “correct the delusions of this deluded person.”
Iranian officials have repeatedly rejected Washington’s assertions of control over the waterway, while insisting that the passage of vessels remains subject to Iranian decisions.
Shipping through the waterway has fallen sharply amid the continuing U.S. war of terrorism on Iran.