Iran live updates: Trump posts map labeling Strait of Hormuz 'new' US territory

# Iran live updates: Trump posts map labeling Strait of Hormuz 'new' US territory

The U.S. and Iran are yet to agree a deal over the Strait of Hormuz.

By David Brennan and Nadine El-Bawab

Last Updated: August 18, 2026, 5:20 PM EDT

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations in June aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.

The U.S. and Iran have nonetheless continued to exchange strikes, with the strategic Strait of Hormuz the primary flashpoint.

## Key Headlines

- 5:19 PM EDT: Iranian official denies Iran launched missiles toward UAE
- 2:19 PM EDT: UAE detects 2 Iranian missiles, Ministry of Defense says
- 10:08 AM EDT: Trump says no talks are scheduled with Iran
- 8:32 AM EDT: Iran official says Trump's Strait of Hormuz map is 'delusion'
- 7:49 AM EDT: Trump posts map labeling Strait of Hormuz 'new' US territory
- 6:20 AM EDT: Strait of Hormuz to be closed until US accepts Iran's demands, Ghalibaf says

Here's how the news is developing.

5 Updates

8:32 AM EDT

## Iran official says Trump's Strait of Hormuz map is 'delusion'

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi responded to President Donald Trump's posting of a map labeling the Strait of Hormuz as a U.S. territory by saying the image amounted to a "delusion."

"Just as Trump correctly wrote the name of the eternal Persian Gulf, his delusion regarding the Strait of Hormuz will soon either be corrected, or we will correct the delusions of this delusional man," Gharibabadi wrote in a post on his X account on Tuesday.

-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian

7:49 AM EDT

## Trump posts map labeling Strait of Hormuz 'new' US territory

President Donald Trump posted an image of a map on social media Tuesday that labeled the Strait of Hormuz a "new" U.S. territory.

Trump's post -- which was presented without additional comment -- came after he said last week that he would "pretty soon" be "declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States."

-ABC News' Nicholas Kerr

6:20 AM EDT

## Strait of Hormuz to be closed until US accepts Iran's demands, Ghalibaf says

Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led Tehran's negotiating team in peace talks with the U.S., told the Iranian parliament on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the U.S. accepts Tehran's demands.

"The Strait of Hormuz will not open until the blockade is lifted, frozen assets are released, the oil embargo is lifted and threats and military operations on all fronts end, as well as other terms of the memorandum," Ghalibaf said, as quoted by the semi-official Mehr News Agency.

Ghalibaf was referring to the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the combatants in June, which has thus far failed to produce a full peace settlement.

-ABC News' Joe Simonetti

3:35 AM EDT

## Ship attacked in Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO says, with casualty reported

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization (UKMTO) Centre said in an alert on Tuesday that it received a report of a vessel being struck by an "unknown projectile" while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

"The impact caused damage to the engine room and resulted in a crew casualty. The remaining crew are currently being assisted by the Omani Coast Guard," the alert read.