TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) – Iran's deputy foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz can only be closed or reopened by Tehran's command, rejecting President Trump's claim that Washington will declare the strategic waterway U.S. territory. Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's deputy foreign minister for legal and »»»

President Donald Trump said Friday that he would "soon" declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory. "After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated — pretty soon I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States," Trump said at a rally at a police academy in »»»