Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that there are no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled, with the Islamic Republic of Iran, and that the naval blockade remains in full force and effect. He posted alongside it a map marking the Strait of Hormuz as new US territory, and said all water mines have been removed or detonated and that the strait is open and operating.
The post came one day after Jared Kushner described conversations between the United States and Iran as robust, and after a separate report that Washington was maintaining a backchannel to Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Trump's denial does not explain that gap, and he has made contradictory claims about the mines before.
Iran's position has not moved. Chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the strait will stay closed until Washington ends the naval blockade, lifts oil sanctions, releases frozen assets and pays for war damage. Traffic through the strait has fallen sharply since the war between the United States, Israel and Iran began on 28 February 2026, and neither side's public account of the diplomacy currently matches the other's.