Iran slaps fees on Hormuz after free month
Trump blasts $300B payout claims as fake while Tehran ties passage to Lebanon ceasefire and a new US deal
Iran ends 60 days of free transit through the Strait of Hormuz and starts charging service fees. The US accepts Iranian sovereignty over the waterway. Trump rejects viral stories that America is paying Iran hundreds of billions. Iran demands an end to Israeli strikes on Lebanon plus a framework agreement.
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Sixty days of free oil traffic just turned into a toll booth at the planet's busiest choke point.
Trump's team calls the $300B payment stories total fiction and says the move shows strength, not the old weakness of past deals. On the other side, Iranian statements link any continued access to an immediate halt in Israeli attacks on Lebanon and quick US action on a framework agreement.
Both claims sit on verified chatter from the accounts involved. The fight stays loud because each side reads the same facts as proof the other side caved.
Trump team says the fee move proves US leverage worked and rejects any narrative that Washington is writing Iran a $300B check.
- @MAGAVoice✓ verified“Trump calls out fake news claiming US pays Iran $300B — this is strength, not Obama-era weakness.”
Iran conditions Hormuz access on stopping Israeli Lebanon operations and demands the US deliver the promised framework deal first.
- @AJENews✓ verified“Iran says all Israeli attacks on Lebanon must stop and US must implement framework deal.”