US President Donald Trump and the country's military insisted on Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz is open and ships are moving through the passageway despite Iranian claims to have closed it in the latest flare-up of the Middle East war."Iran does not control the strait. Traffic is flowing," US CENTCOM said on X.— CENTCOM (@CENTCOM) Trump said on Sunday that ‌the ⁠Strait ⁠of Hormuz ​is open to commercial ​traffic, as Washington and Tehran continued ‌to ​trade ​attacks ⁠that have raised concerns ​over safety on ​the key shipping route.Also read: US attacks Iran over ship being hit in Hormuz; Tehran responds by hitting Arab statesTrump's ​comments ​were ⁠made during an interview on NBC's Meet ​the Press, as quoted by Reuters.In a later post, CENTCOM mentioned and challenged a statement made by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps which said that the vital conduit for global oil flow was closing.— CENTCOM (@CENTCOM) But the US military said the strait "remains an international waterway. US forces are positioned and prepared to keep it that way."Earlier on Sunday, maritime agency Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) said that the southern shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz remained opendespite Iran declaring the strategic waterway closed, as reported by Bloomberg.The statements came after Iran's IRGC announced that it would not permit any vessel to pass through the strait until what it described as 'foreign interference' comes to an end. The IRGC accused the US of attempting to create disruptions in the region.