Iran ‘In State Of Collapse’ & Urging U.S To Reopen Hormuz, Claims U.S President Trump

U.S President Donald Trump said Iran had told Washington that it was in a state of collapse and urged America to reopen Hormuz as Tehran is trying to stabilise its government and leadership.

Trump said that he believes Iran will resolve its internal leadership problem.

The U.S-Iran war escalated on February 28, 2026, after negotiations in Geneva failed.

After the attacks, Iranian authorities closed the Strait of Hormuz, the only waterway out of the Gulf region, through which 20% of the world’s oil and gas passes.

This led to a rapid increase in oil prices across the world, coupled with shortages of energy supplies as ships could not move to their destinations.

Iran, the third-largest oil producer in OPEC, and it exports 90 per cent of its crude oil via the Strait of Hormuz.

After peace talks mediated by Pakistan also failed, the U.S decided to block Iranian ports, creating what experts have named the ‘dual blockade’ with the U.S Navy blocking Iran and Iran blockading the Hormuz.

Iran had agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S lifted its naval blockade and ended the war, setting aside nuclear negotiations for later.

However, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Iran’s version of “opening the straits”meant demanding permission and payment to use what are international waterways.

“Those are international waterways. They cannot normalise, nor can we tolerate them trying to normalise, a system in which the Iranians decide who gets to use an international waterway and how much you have to pay them to use it,” Rubio said.

The UN Secretary-General warned that the US-Iran war in the Strait of Hormuz could trigger a global food emergency.

Gulf leaders met in Qatar on Tuesday, and said that Iran should not use the Hormuz Strait as a card in its war with U.S as it impacts the entire world.