As tensions in the Middle East escalate again, the Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced to close Strait of Hormuz “until further notice”, while claiming that the US made “repeated violations” of their April ceasefire.
Following the closure, all traffic in the key connectivity route will be impacted, said the IRGC and strongly rejected previous claims made by the US that it helped ships to transit via the strait, according to a report by Al Jazeera.
It further said that “two oil tankers attempting to illegally pass through the strait were hit”.
Meanwhile, US Central Command denied IRGC's claim that the Strait of Hormuz has been closed and said on X, "Commercial ships are continuing to transit in and out of the Strait of Hormuz tonight."
🚫 CLAIM: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims that the Strait of Hormuz is closed.
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 10, 2026
✅ TRUTH: Commercial ships are continuing to transit in and out of the Strait of Hormuz tonight. pic.twitter.com/yphkl2Lmji
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The renewed tensions come as both sides attacked each other over the downing of a US Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran claimed to target the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, the Ali Al Salem airbase in Kuwait, along with an airbase in Azraq, Jordan, while the US attacked Qeshm Island, ports of Sirik, Jask and Bandar Abbas. Tehran also accused that the US strikes destroyed two water reservoirs and a telecommunications tower, the report said.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump called out Iran of halting peace deal negotiations and threatened to hit the Islamic Republic “very hard”.
“We'll see what happens with the deal. We were really close to a deal. But they keep tapping us along. They keep playing us for suckers,” he told reporters at the White House.
Prior to this, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that Iran had taken too long to negotiate a peace deal and “now they will have to pay the price."
The closure of Strait of Hormuz has remained a key point tension in the nearly fourth month old conflict, which has rattled global markets, pushing oil prices higher amid supply disruptions.
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