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US to resume operation in Strait of Hormuz in case of no progress with Iran — Trump

TASS · · 109 words

US President Donald Trump stated that the United States may resume and expand 'Operation Project Freedom' to facilitate ship transit through the Strait of Hormuz if negotiations with Iran do not progress. The operation was initially launched on May 4 and suspended the following day following requests from Pakistan and other nations.

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“US President Donald Trump has said that the United States could resume Operation Project Freedom to organize the transit of ships through the Strait of Hormuz if there is no progress in negotiations with Iran.”
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Multiple independent sources (CNBC, and other web search results) confirm that President Trump announced 'Project Freedom' to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz, with the context of tensions/war with Iran.
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump announced the operation Sunday, saying the U.S. will "guide" ships stuck due to the Iran war through the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/05/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-pr…
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web search NEUTRAL — United States President Donald Trump has said Washington will guide ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz to safety - in an initiative dubbed "Project Freedom" - signalling a potential ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/4/trumps-project-freed…
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web search NEUTRAL — The US plan to "guide" ships through the Strait of Hormuz, announced by President Donald Trump just hours before it went into effect, leaves a lot of unanswered questions.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/04/middleeast/project-freedom-ho…
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“The US launched Operation Project Freedom on May 4”
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The launch of Operation Project Freedom on May 4 is reported by TASS and The Center Square.
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web search NEUTRAL — The US launched Operation Project Freedom on May 4, but the following day, the American president announced its temporary suspension. He indicated that he had agreed to pause the initiative at the req…
https://tass.com/world/2128781
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States will begin a military-led operation to guide vessels trapped in the Strait of Hormuz out of the waterway, President Donald Trump announced, calling the effort “Project Freedom.”
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260504/trump-announces-project-fr…
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web search NEUTRAL — (The Center Square) – The United States launched “Project Freedom” Monday morning in an effort to safely escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump announced the op…
https://thedailybs.com/2026/05/04/project-freedom-begins-two…
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“the following day, the American president announced its temporary suspension”
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TASS reports that the American president announced the temporary suspension of the operation the day following its launch (May 5).
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Donald-Trump
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
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“He indicated that he had agreed to pause the initiative at the request of Pakistan and several other countries.”
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Multiple independent sources (TASS, Al Jazeera, and other web search results) explicitly state that Trump paused the initiative at the request of Pakistan and other countries.
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web search NEUTRAL — Why did Mr. Trump pause the program? Mr. Trump said in a social media post that it was “based on the request of Pakistan and other countries,” as well as the “tremendous military success” and “great p…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/world/middleeast/trump-st…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump on Tuesday announced that at the request of Pakistan, he has temporarily paused Project Freedom – which was meant to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Full statement fr…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/president-trump-pau…
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web search NEUTRAL — Experts say Trump’s pause of Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz could be the ‘beginning of the end’ for the war on Iran.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/6/operation-epic-fury-…
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