A senior Iranian official claimed Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz was "under Iran's control and management," according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
The remarks by the head of Iran's Basij paramilitary unit, Hossein Taeb, came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that the U.S. had "total control" of the strategic waterway.
Taeb said the United States had sought to disrupt what he described as the Islamic Republic's popularity in the region by launching another war in the Strait of Hormuz, but had once more been defeated despite claiming Iran had neither an air force nor a navy.
"Today you see that the Strait of Hormuz is under the management and control of the Islamic Republic," Taeb said, adding that Iran was continuing on its course in complete security.
Earlier Wednesday, Trump claimed that the United States was in control of Hormuz and will "keep it."
