Trump calls Hormuz ‘new US territory’, shares map as Iran talks remain stalled

US blockade, new sanctions deepen Hormuz standoff as Iran vows pressure will fail

Iran has decried impending United States sanctions as a “complete erosion of sovereignty” following US President Donald Trump’s threat to punish any country doing business with Tehran.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday once again a map showing the strategically important Strait of Hormuz as "new US territory", amid continuing tensions between Washington and Tehran.

Iran pushes back: Tehran also condemned Trump’s economic threat, with the Iranian Foreign Ministry calling it “a recipe for an abysmal return to full-scale classic colonialism.”