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US-Iran tit-for-tat strikes over Hormuz expose risks of prolonged standoff
US-Iran tit-for-tat strikes over Hormuz expose risks of prolonged standoff
If the Trump administration does not reach an agreement with Iran soon, the specter of long-term, low-grade conflict over the strait may set in.
Jared Szuba
May 26, 2026
A woman walks past an anti-US and anti-Israel mural depicting missiles hitting an aircraft carrier in Tehran on May 26, 2026. US forces launched overnight strikes on missile sites in Iran and on boats they said were trying to lay mines in Gulf waters, sending oil prices higher on May 26, while diplomats sought a deal to end the war. — ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s Middle East command on Tuesday denied a report that the US Navy had resumed guiding commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, saying the maritime operation paused by President Donald Trump last month has not yet restarted.
“US forces are not currently escorting commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz,” Navy Capt. Timothy Hawkins told Al-Monitor, saying that a report in The Wall Street Journal that the US Navy had helped a Greek tanker navigate the waterway was “not true.”
The denial by Hawkins followed an exchange of fire between the US and Iranian militaries within the strait and on Iran’s southern coast........
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