Iran says Hormuz ‘will remain Iranian’ after Trump threats
This US Navy handout photograph shows a fighter jet taking off from aircraft carrier USS Abrams on Aug. 4. (AFP)
Iran on Aug. 15 rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that he would declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory after defeating Tehran.
Trump told a rally at a police academy on Long Island a day earlier that he would “pretty soon” declare the waterway “a territory of the United States.”
He also claimed that Washington’s naval blockade gave it control over traffic through the strait. A White House official later said the territory remark had been made in jest.
