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Trump says US will claim Hormuz as two days until MoU deadline

Trump says US will claim Hormuz as two days until MoU deadline
MENA
9 min read
14 August, 2026
US and Iran say they each respectively control Hormuz, applying their own form of economic pressure to get the other side to blink as the MoU deadline looms.

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Here were the key updates of the day:

  • President Donald Trump on Friday said he would "soon" declare the Strait of Hormuz waterway part of US territory after defeating Iran.
  • US and Iran are deadlocked over who ultimately controls Hormuz as mediators try to salvage a memorandum of understanding that is set to expire on Sunday
  • On the offensive, United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that the US is going to apply measures of "economic isolation" on Iran that have "never been seen"
  • US Vice President JD Vance has noted a new two-fold goal: stabilise US energy prices, and stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons
  • Israeli stikes continue in southern Lebanon and Gaza, while its pogroms in the occupied West Bank persists 


And so we continue our live coverage of the day...