The U.S., not Iran, is in control of the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump said Friday, adding, "We wiped out their armed forces, essentially." Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Friday that his country "cannot trust the Americans at all" and Iran is "trying to maintain" the "shaky" ceasefire "to give diplomacy a chance.

The Iran-US-Israel war is no longer being fought only through missiles, air strikes, and diplomacy. It is also being shaped by new maritime rules in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran is turning access into a strategic tool by controlling transit,