TehranIran’s army says it fired on 3 ships.
Army commander Amir Hatami says the strait stays closed until the enemy respects Iranians’ rights.
Army spokesman Akraminia told state-run Mehr that US warships have retreated more than 500 kilometres from the Gulf coast.
Polymarket traders give 94% odds that no Hormuz agreement is reached by 2 November.
How each outlet framed it
- Middle East Eye
- presents Hatami's Hormuz closure as conditional on enemy respect for Iranian rights, quoting the claim that only three vessels dared enter
- Mehr News Agency leans favorable
- frames the Hormuz restrictions through the four pillars of national power and the Leader's endorsement, placing the closure inside a religious-congress speech
- Mehr News Agency leans favorable
- claims US naval vessels were pushed beyond 500 km and air defenses exceed wartime levels, attributing regional insecurity to US presence
Sources: Middle East Eye, Mehr News Agency (1, 2)