Amid recent tit-for-tat strikes between the US and Iranian forces, Iran has asserted that the Strait of Hormuz will remain under its total control for the next 30 days, warning that any external intervention to challenge Iranian authority in the strategic waterway will lead to heightened tensions with Washington.
What did Iran say about Hormuz reopening?
During a visit to neighbouring Iraq, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, said his country is working to restore the Hormuz strait to full capacity within the timeframe agreed upon in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Tehran and Washington earlier this month.
“The Strait of Hormuz remains under the total oversight and management of Iran through the 30 coming days, and after all obstacles are removed, the total capacity of the waterway will be restored. This is what we are working on,” Araghchi said.
“Any interference in this matter, any attempt to establish new or separate arrangements from those currently being carried out by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will only lead to further complications, delay the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and increase the level of tension, just as over the past two nights we witnessed incidents in the Strait of Hormuz that led to an increase in tension and confrontation,” he added.
The Iranian foreign minister stressed that the responsibility to restore maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz rests solely on Iran and “there is no other party or state in this respect”.
Araghchi’s remarks come amid the US and Iran trading strikes over the past two days after the US CENTCOM said its struck Iranian military targets on June 27, following an alleged drone attack on a Panama-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
IRGC claims strikes on US bases
On Sunday, Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had destroyed eight US military infrastructures in Kuwait and Bahrain in a joint missile and drone operation, describing the strikes as retaliation for a second wave of US military attacks on Iranian targets.
In a statement, the IRGC said US forces had attacked five Iranian coastal positions earlier on Sunday, accusing Washington of violating a ceasefire agreement as per the 14-point MoU, and warning that any future attacks on Iran, regardless of scale, would be met with a “crushing response”.
Iran warns vessels against violating Hormuz arrangement
The IRGC further stated that the arrangements under the MoU give Iran the authority for traffic control in the Strait of Hormuz and warned that vessels violating the agreement would face stronger action.
“According to the memorandum of understanding, Islamabad has arrangements to control traffic in the Strait of Hormuz with the Islamic Republic, and from now on, violating ships will be dealt with more forcefully than in the past, and any potential enemy aggression, under any pretext, even if the aggressions are against minor targets, as happened last night and tonight, will have a crushing response,” the statement added, as quoted by IRIB.
First published on: Jun 28, 2026 05:34 PM IST
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