US Military Declares Hormuz Open, Pledges to Ensure Free Navigation
⚓ HORMUZ — Washington's answer to Tehran's closure claim: we guarantee it ourselves. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: CENTCOM asserting Hormuz is open and US forces will enforce it directly contests Iran's joint Oman-Iran governance demand. It converts a diplomatic negotiation into an operational fact on the water — any Iranian interdiction now triggers direct confrontation with US assets. Mediators in Tehran and Muscat lose leverage: the off-ramp Iran wanted requires Washington to stand down first.
