Iran reaffirms Hormuz control, offers US choice of 'agreement or war'

In response to U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to free ships trapped in the Strait of Hormuz, an Iranian official has stated that the U.S. must either admit defeat and recognize Iran's control over the waterway through an agreement or return to the battlefield and face the consequences. The remarks were made by Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported on May 4.