美国国防部长赫格塞思表示，美军拥有充足的军事力量可以无限期维持对伊朗的海上封锁[1]。赫格塞思指出："美国海军完全有能力无限期地维持这种封锁，因为我们会像过去那样，继续轮换舰船"[1]。
美国总统特朗普随后在社交媒体上声称："美国完全控制着霍尔木兹海峡……伊朗对此束手无策"[1]。伊朗武装部队哈塔姆安比亚中央总部发言人对此提出反驳，声明称霍尔木兹海峡处于伊朗"完全掌控"中，并表示未经伊朗许可任何船只都无法安全通过[1]。
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has asserted that the American military possesses adequate forces to sustain an indefinite naval blockade of Iran. [1] Austin stated: "The U.S. Navy is fully capable of maintaining such a blockade indefinitely, as we will continue rotating ships as we have done in the past." [1]
President Trump echoed this position on August 12 through social media, declaring: "The United States has complete control of the Strait of Hormuz... Iran is powerless to do anything about it." [1] However, Iran's military command rejected these claims, with a spokesperson from the Iranian Armed Forces' Hatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters asserting that the Strait of Hormuz remains under Iran's "complete control" and that no vessel can safely pass through without Iranian permission. [1]