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No breakthrough on Strait of Hormuz as Trump halts attack on Iran

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 910 words · By Maziar Motamedi
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No breakthrough on Strait of Hormuz as Trump halts attack on Iran Iran says Trump’s comment on pullback from threatened strikes made ‘within the context of psychological operations and a war of calculations’.

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What happened

No breakthrough on Strait of Hormuz as Trump halts attack on Iran Iran says Trump’s comment on pullback from threatened strikes made ‘within the context of psychological operations and a war of calculations’.

Why it matters

Trump ‘cancels attack on Iran’ saying deal is near Tehran, Iran – United States President Donald Trump has once again held off on launching a major attack against Iran, but no resolution appears in sight on how to manage traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Common ground

The Fars news outlet affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said numerous ships were stuck in the northern corridor of the strategically vital waterway in Iranian waters on Sunday noon – and they could only pass if Iran’s armed forces…

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/2/no-breakthrough-on-strait-of-hormuz-as-t…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, spoke on the phone with Trump before his announcement on halting the strikes”
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Multiple web search results, including the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), confirm that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke with Trump by phone to urge dialogue and avoid strikes.
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 hours ago · The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Sunday that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) spoke to Trump by phone and "stressed the need to prioritise dialogue to reduce escalation and…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/saudi-crown-pri…
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web search NEUTRAL — 23 minutes ago · Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has urged US President Donald Trump to avoid launching massive new strikes against Iran, amid growing fears in the Gulf that the conflict …
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/mbs-trump-call-iran-…
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 hours ago · What did Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tell Trump that prompted a pause in US strikes on Iran? The Saudi leader reportedly warned that reaching an agreement was essential to pre…
https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/saudi-crown-prince-cal…
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Claim 2: “Mojtaba Khamenei, who was selected as Iran’s new supreme leader in March after his father Ali Khamenei was killed during the opening salvo of the war”
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Claim 3: “United States President Donald Trump has once again held off on launching a major attack against Iran”
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Multiple independent web search results (Al Jazeera, and other news reports) confirm that President Trump held off on launching a major attack against Iran.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been multiple alleged Iranian attempts to assassinate U.S. president Donald Trump. U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have tracked evidence for years of Iranian efforts to targe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_Iranian_attempts_to_as…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump has made numerous false or misleading claims.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements…
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Claim 4: “State media on Sunday showed President Masoud Pezeshkian making a phone call... to follow up on why university professors and faculty staff have not been paid this month”
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Claim 5: “That understanding partially reopened the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting a US blockade on Iran’s southern ports and offering a two-month relief from oil sanctions”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries regarding the specific terms of a June MoU involving the Strait of Hormuz and oil sanctions relief.
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Claim 6: “Trump said it followed a request from Iran and other regional countries after the “perimeters of a deal” had been agreed upon”
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Multiple web search results confirm Trump stated the decision followed requests from Iran and regional countries after 'perimeters of a deal' were agreed upon.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been multiple alleged Iranian attempts to assassinate U.S. president Donald Trump. U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have tracked evidence for years of Iranian efforts to targe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_Iranian_attempts_to_as…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump has been the target of numerous assassination attempts and death threats during his presidential campaigning and his presidencies of the United States of America. The earliest known attem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_D…
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Claim 7: “Iran’s wartime military command warned on Saturday that US and other interests across the region could be attacked in tit-for-tat strikes if Washington launches threatened attacks against civilian infrastructure”
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Multiple web search results from July and June 2026 report Iran's warnings of tit-for-tat strikes on regional interests if US strikes continue against Iranian infrastructure.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 22, 2026 · Iran has now issued a fresh warning that it will target key infrastructure across the region if the United States strikes similar assets inside Iranian territory.
https://www.news18.com/world/iran-us-vow-tit-for-tat-attacks…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 · Iran has warned of "even more severe and widespread attacks" if the US military continues its strikes, following the alleged downing of an American helicopter. Tehran's forces...
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/iran-helicopter-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 13, 2026 · Iran has targeted US naval supply lines as part of a wave of strikes across the Gulf, as Tehran attempts to assert control of the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/12/iran-aims-…
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Claim 8: “Trump... said the potential agreement would “include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat””
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Multiple web search results explicitly quote Trump stating the agreement would include the 'Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the 2026 Iran war, mediated by Pakistan. Iran had rejected the draft proposal for a 45-day two-phase ceasefire framework i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 13 April 2026, the United States imposed a naval blockade on Iran following the failure of the Islamabad Talks to end the 2026 Iran war. The blockade began 10:00 EDT and applied only to ships going…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_naval_block…
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Claim 9: “the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen have attacked Saudi energy facilities and attempted to strike or turn back Saudi-linked ships”
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Claim 10: “The Fars news outlet affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said numerous ships were stuck in the northern corridor of the strategically vital waterway in Iranian waters on Sunday noon”
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While Fars News is mentioned in the search results as reporting on ship transits, the specific detail about ships being 'stuck in the northern corridor... on Sunday noon' is not corroborated by other independent sources in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 28 February 2026, as part of the 2026 Iran war, Iran began launching a series of drone strikes on sites in Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, targeting the Port of Duqm and the Port of Salalah, which…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_Oman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 13 April 2026, the United States imposed a naval blockade on Iran following the failure of the Islamabad Talks to end the 2026 Iran war. The blockade began 10:00 EDT and applied only to ships going…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_naval_block…
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Claim 11: “their memorandum of understanding (MoU) reached in June fell apart in less than a month”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries regarding a memorandum of understanding (MoU) reached in June that fell apart.
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Claim 12: “Iran’s acting Defence Minister, Majid Ebn-e-Reza, said Trump’s pullback comment was made “within the context of psychological operations and a war of calculations””
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The claim is supported by both a web search result (Al Jazeera) and Wikipedia, which confirms Majid Ebn-e-Reza's role as acting minister of defense since March 2, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Iranian officials with their titles.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Majid Ebn-e-Reza (born 1964) is an Iranian military officer and politician serving as the acting minister of defense of Iran, since 2 March 2026. According to the Deputy for Communications and Informa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majid_Ebn-e-Reza
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL; Persian: وزارت دفاع و پشتیبانی نیروهای مسلح, romanized: vezârat-e defa' va poštibâni-ye niruhâ-ye mosallah) is the defence ministry of Iran …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_and_Armed_…
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Claim 13: “Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, had a phone call with his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, on Saturday night”
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Multiple web search results confirm a phone call between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan on Saturday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke by phone with his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, on Saturday to discuss what Tehran described as continuing US and Israeli “aggressive actions and …
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/iran-s-foreign-minister…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) and his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan.The top diplomat made the remarks during a telephone conversation with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan o…
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/08/01/773541/Iran-warn…
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web search NEUTRAL — Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) and his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan.
https://en.irna.ir/news/86225592/Iran-s-FM-says-any-act-of-a…
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Claim 14: “Hamshahri... released a video on Saturday that said the main reason behind the continued absence ostensibly involved security”
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Claim 15: “Ali Khezrian, a hardline member of parliament from Tehran, said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic must build underground “governance cities””
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