On the record · Updated August 15, 2026

Kazem Gharibabadi

Iran's deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs

What Kazem Gharibabadi argued, where those claims met resistance, and how the record changed.

Also appeared as: Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi

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Positions

The Strait of Hormuz will become a territory of the United States.

Disputes Aug 15

“the Strait of Hormuz has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian”

Breitbart News Trump says he will declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States, on a day two ships crossed it ›

Disputes Aug 15

“The Strait of Hormuz cannot be seized by tweet, nor by aircraft carrier, nor by issuing an order, nor by an election speech.”

USA Today Trump says he will declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States, on a day two ships crossed it ›

Others on this question

Donald Trump President of the United States Supports

“pretty soon I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States”

The Middle East1

As printed Aug 15

“Strait of Hormuz has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian”

on Iran rejecting Trump's claim to the Strait of Hormuz

Al Jazeera Iran says no decision yet on a return to talks with the US ›

National security & surveillance1

On the claim ledger Jun 27 Borne out

“Safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz cannot be guaranteed under ambiguous arrangements, parallel routes or decision-making that does not take Iran's role as a coastal state into account,”

USA Today US strikes Iran in Strait of Hormuz as interim deal nears collapse ›

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