Tankers sail in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, on March 11, 2026. Reuters
President Donald Trump said on March 14 that some countries affected by Iran’s attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz are joining the United States in patrolling the strategic waterway.
While the U.S. strikes over the past weeks have sharply reduced Iran’s fighting force, the president wrote in a Truth Social post on Saturday that Tehran still retained the ability to threaten ships passing through the strait with smaller weapons.
