U.S. and Iran each assert they control the Strait of Hormuz after another heavy exchange of fire

U.S. and Iran each assert they control the Strait of Hormuz after another heavy exchange of fire. The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks across the Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war. Iran says it has the right to manage traffic through the strait and potentially charge fees in accordance with an interim peace deal reached last month. The U.S. and others dispute that, citing international law on freedom of navigation. Calling into Fox News on Monday, President Trump said, "we're taking over the Strait." The U.S. military said it struck dozens of sites in the strikes Monday, including air defense systems, radar sites, missile and drone equipment, and small boats. It said Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz. The European Union's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, called for the strait to be open, as it was before the war. "Freedom of navigation has to be respected," she said. Mohammed Mokhber, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader, wrote that Tehran would fight for the strait. "We defend it so that in the future, for the passage of our ships, we are not forced to pay tribute to the enemy!" he wrote on X. Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said the Strait of Hormuz is "our territory, and we will not allow a rogue and child-killing army from the other side of the world to continue its illegal interference in it."