Iran warns US against ‘even bigger miscalculation’ on Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says American intelligence failures have led Washington to repeat its mistakes with the Islamic Republic, warning that the United States is making an “even bigger miscalculation” over the Strait of Hormuz.
He made the remarks in an X post on Thursday, after US President Donald Trump claimed that his country has “total control” of the strait, despite shipping traffic through the strategic waterway dropping to a one-week low as only eight vessels transited the strait, under Iranian route, compared to around 130 daily transits prior to the war.
“The US has long miscalculated due to intelligence failures. Case in point: The war on Iran. Now, an even bigger miscalculation on the Strait of Hormuz,” Araghchi said.
“Worse than fake news is fake intelligence. Be careful. Allah is Great, Greater than ANY power on Earth. In Allah we trust.”
The U.S. has long miscalculated due to intelligence failures. Case in point: The war on Iran. Now, an even bigger miscalculation on the Strait of Hormuz.
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) August 13, 2026
Worse than fake news is fake intelligence. Be careful.
Allah is Great, Greater than ANY power on Earth. In Allah we trust.
Iran restricted transit through the Strait of Hormuz, responsible for a fifth of global oil demand, in response to the illegal US-Israeli aggression on the country that began on February 28 and came to a halt under a ceasefire on April 8.
On June 17, Tehran and Washington signed the Pakistan-brokered Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), whose Article 5 places responsibility for reopening and managing the strait squarely in Iran’s hands.
However, the US attempted to undermine Iran’s sovereignty over the vital global energy chokepoint by establishing an unsafe corridor near the Omani shores. The US also resumed its aerial assaults on Iran in violation of the war-ending deal.
The unlawful US measures prompted Iran to declare the Strait of Hormuz closed at least until “the end of US interference in the region.”
Meanwhile, Iran and Oman are engaged in talks to reach an agreement on a new mechanism for managing shipping through the strait.
Iran has stressed that the reopening of the critical waterway depends on US compliance with its obligations under the MoU which was meant to end the war.
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