- President Donald Trump has pledged to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as early as Monday morning, describing it as a “humanitarian gesture.”
- Trump declared that “Project Freedom” was meant to “free up people, companies, and Countries that have done absolutely nothing wrong”, who he called “victims of circumstance.”
- The declaration followed the president’s earlier statement about a “possibility” of ordering renewed strikes against Iran.
- Iran's military issued a warning to the U.S. against such actions, declaring it retains security control over the Strait of Hormuz.
- Senior Iranian lawmaker Ibrahim Azizi cautioned that U.S. involvement in managing shipping through the strait would constitute a ceasefire violation.
