Trump declares the Strait of Hormuz as US territory
Trump posted a map of the Strait of Hormuz on his TruthSocial page with the caption "New US Territory." Iran's Foreign Ministry said the American president was mistaken and Tehran would soon correct it.
Trump Declares Strait of Hormuz as US Territory
US President Donald Trump posted a map of the Strait of Hormuz on his TruthSocial page with the caption "New US Territory".
On August 14, Trump announced his intention to declare the Strait of Hormuz as US territory. At the time, the White House chief of staff noted that this declaration would be made after the end of the war with Iran.
The next day, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said that the strait cannot be occupied. According to him, "The Strait of Hormuz cannot be occupied by a tweet, an aircraft carrier, an order, or a campaign speech."
After the post on the US president's page was published, Garibabadi said that Trump's call of the Strait of Hormuz as US territory was a mistake and that Iran would soon correct it. "Just as Trump has always spelled the Persian Gulf correctly, his misconception about the Strait of Hormuz will soon be corrected, or we will correct the mistakes of this mistaken person ourselves," he wrote on his X page.
In many countries of the Middle East, the gulf is called the Arabian or Arabian Gulf. Iran opposes such a name. The Persian Gulf is its traditional geographical name, named after ancient Persia (Persia), where modern Iran is located.
In May last year, The Associated Press, citing two US officials, reported that the US would call the Persian Gulf either the Arabian or Arabian Gulf. Trump later abandoned plans to rename the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf after Iran "made it clear that it strongly objected" to the move.