Trump says will withdraw plans to charge fees in Strait of Hormuz, senior Iranian official claims MoU void

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States will take investment deals with Gulf states instead of fees for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

"Based on highly productive conversations with Middle East leadership, I have decided to replace the 20 percent United States Reimbursement Fee with Trade and Investment Deals that the various Gulf States will be making into the United States," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Trump said the Strait of Hormuz would remain open to all ship traffic except for Iran, while the naval blockade will continue.

"BY FAR, the Strait of Hormuz is open to ALL Ship traffic except for Iran," he said. "We will therefore have a FULL Blockade, but only on Ships coming to and from Iranian ports, or carrying anything have to do with Iranian cargo," he added.

The decision came one day after he proposed a 20-percent fee on shipping to reimburse the United States for protecting the key waterway.

Trump said he had formally notified Congress on Friday that the country had resumed military operations against Iran.

Fresh U.S. airstrikes and Iranian retaliation have plunged Washington and Tehran back into open conflict less than a month after signing a 14-point memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war. Meanwhile, Mohsen Rezaei, a senior advisor to Iranian supreme leader, said in a social media post on Tuesday that the U.S. had resumed the war and violated the terms of the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding by re-imposing sanctions on Iran, and reinstating the naval blockade, thus rendering the MoU invalid.

Several merchant ships were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, and the U.S. military resumed strikes against Iran in what it said was a response to Iranian attacks on commercial vessels.

On July 10, the U.S. Treasury Department announced a new round of sanctions against Iran following recent "Iranian attacks on merchant ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz."

Trump says will withdraw plans to charge fees in Strait of Hormuz, senior Iranian official claims MoU void

Trump says will withdraw plans to charge fees in Strait of Hormuz, senior Iranian official claims MoU void

Industrial cameras have captured hurricane-force winds and torrential rains lashing a power plant in Yuhuan City, east China's Zhejiang Province after Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in the region on Sunday.

Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of 2026, made landfall at Yuhuan at around 17:30 on Sunday, then made its second landfall at Yueqing City in Zhejiang at around 18:40, according to China's National Meteorological Center.

The footage relayed from the Huaneng Yuhuan Power Plant showed roadside trees bending and swaying in violent gusts, which drove sheets of rain to lash the cameras, repeatedly obscuring lenses with water mists.

Meanwhile, visibility in the plant continued to decline as dense curtains of downpour swept across the area.

Despite the brutal conditions, all generating units of the power plant have maintained stable operations, according to the latest update from the facility.

The plant has enhanced its duty roster, with operators monitoring parameters of generating units around the clock to ensure safe operations and stable power supply amid the extreme weather.

Industrial cameras record violent winds, torrential rains brought by Typhoon Dolphin