Skip linksSkip to Content Live Navigation menuNewsAfricaAsiaUS & CanadaLatin AmericaEuropeAsia PacificMiddle EastExplainedSportOpinionVideoFeaturesEconomyHuman RightsClimate CrisisInvestigationsInteractivesIn PicturesScience & TechnologyPodcastsTravelSponsored Content Live Navigation menuUS-Israel war on IranStrait of HormuzWhat is Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain?Why have strikes resumed?Bodies of EvidenceLive updates, Trump says that all mines have been cleared from Strait of Hormuz’s international waters and that Tehran received warnings that ships laying new mines will be ‘destroyed’.liveThis video may contain light patterns or images that could trigger seizures or cause discomfort for people with visual sensitivities.Al Jazeera LiveBy Stephen Quillen, Mohammed R Mhawish, Barbara Angopa, Ali Mustafa and Kristen TalmanPublished On 26 Aug 2026
US President Donald Trump has told Al Jazeera that both economic and military action “are effective” and he is “not in a hurry” in negotiations with Tehran to end the US-Israel war on Iran.
Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, says the Strait of Hormuz remains closed despite a temporary transit agreement with Oman, insisting that Washington must return to its commitments under a June 17 memorandum of understanding before the waterway is fully opened.
