{
  "id": 1182531,
  "title": "Iran MP warns Trump over Hormuz threats: He should worry about his own security",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/iran-mp-warns-trump-over-hormuz-threats-he-should-worry-about-his-own",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T03:19:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
    "slug": "arutz-sheva-israel-national-news",
    "url": "https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/691793"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An Iranian lawmaker has responded to US President Donald Trump's claim that he would declare the Strait of Hormuz part of US territory. According to Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, \"The Strait of Hormuz has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian.\" He added that the strait will only be closed and opened under Iran's command.\n\nTrump made the claim at a political rally in New York state, saying he would declare the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States after the US defeats Iran. However, an unnamed White House official later clarified that Trump was joking, according to the Wall Street Journal. Iran effectively closed the strait at the start of the Middle East war in late February, and despite Trump's insistence that it is under US control, traffic remains throttled.\n\nA top Iranian official, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, set out a list of conditions for reopening the strait last week, including an end to the \"war and aggression against Iran and its allies\" and the end of crippling sanctions. Ongoing attacks in the Hormuz strait have continued, highlighting the continued risks to regional stability.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Iran fires back at Trump’s threat to declare Hormuz a US territory",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/iran-fires-back-at-trumps-threat-to-declare-hormuz-a-us-territory-1127368",
        "published": "2026-08-15T21:22:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}