Iran's FM warns U.S. against "miscalculation" about Hormuz Strait

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Thursday warned the United States against making a "big miscalculation" about the Strait of Hormuz based on "fake intelligence."

He issued the warning in a post on social media platform X one day after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on social media that the United States maintains "total control" over the Strait of Hormuz.

"The U.S. has long miscalculated due to intelligence failures. Case in point: The war on Iran. Now, an even bigger miscalculation on the Strait of Hormuz," Araghchi said.

Meanwhile, Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority, the body responsible for maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, said, "Claims and repeated posts by U.S. officials that the Strait of Hormuz is no longer blocked do not change the reality."

"The Strait of Hormuz remains blocked and will not be reopened until Iran's conditions are accepted," it added.

Iran's main military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said on Thursday that no commercial vessel or oil tanker has been, or will be, able to cross the Strait of Hormuz safely without the Iranian armed forces' permission and supervision.

In a video message carried by Iranian media, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, the headquarters' spokesman, said that, as in the past, the Strait of Hormuz is under Iran's full control and management, rejecting U.S. claims about vessels' normal passage through the Strait of Hormuz as being "false and nothing but lies."

He added the U.S. "false" claims are indicative of its army's "desperation and helplessness," stressing that the U.S. leaders and army have well tested the Iranian armed forces' "power and resistance."

Zolfaghari stressed that Iran's armed forces are monitoring all movements by the United States and Israel in the region, and will not hesitate to defend the Iranian people's rights as well as the country's national sovereignty and aspirations, and will respond to any threat.

Iran tightened its grip on the Strait of Hormuz on Feb. 28, barring safe passage of vessels belonging to or affiliated with Israel and the United States following their joint strikes on Iranian territory.

The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Friday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, fell 0.3 percent to 99.667 at 15:00 (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro was up to 1.1566 dollars from 1.1529 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound rose to 1.3533 dollars from 1.3485 dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 159.38 Japanese yen, lower than 159.51 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar declined to 0.8131 Swiss francs from 0.8139 Swiss francs, and it was down to 1.3877 Canadian dollars from 1.3936 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar lost to 9.5246 Swedish kronor from 9.5684 Swedish kronor.