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DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The Strait of Hormuz is

DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The Strait of Hormuz is “under Iran‘s control and management”, the recently appointed head of Iran‘s Basij paramilitary unit said on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States had “total control” of the strategic waterway.

Hossein Taeb said the U.S. had sought to disrupt what he described as the Islamic Republic’s popularity in the region by launching another war in the Strait of Hormuz, but had once more been defeated despite claiming Iran had neither an air force nor a navy.

“Today you see that the Strait of Hormuz is under the management and control of the Islamic Republic,” Taeb said, according to the semi-official Fars news. He added that Iran was continuing on its course in complete security.

After the start of the war, which began with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, Tehran effectively shut the strait, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas was previously shipped.

The U.S. subsequently imposed a naval blockade on Iranian shipping and ports, while saying it would protect freedom of navigation for vessels travelling to and from non-Iranian ports.

Aug 13 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

Aug 13 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said two of its vessels were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday evening, with no injuries reported, as the United Arab Emirates accused Iran of carrying out the attack.

The attack was the second such incident involving ADNOC vessels in less than a week. On Saturday, the UAE condemned what it said was an Iranian attack on a vessel linked to the state oil company as it passed through the strait.

ADNOC said the situation had been brought under control, according to the UAE’s state news agency WAM.

PANAMA CITY, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. military

PANAMA CITY, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. military has enough assets to maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday, adding ships could be rotated in and out of the region as needed.

Hegseth’s comments suggest he is advising U.S. President Donald Trump that the U.S. military can keep applying economic pressure on Iran for as long as needed to help so-far failed negotiations to end the conflict, begun in February.

“Indefinitely the United States Navy can maintain a blockade like that because we’ll rotate ships in and out, as we have, and we’ll continue to,” Hegseth told reporters.

He spoke in Panama after addressing the crew aboard the USS Gridley, a guided-missile destroyer, which had previously deployed to the Middle East.

Trump on Wednesday said the United States is in control of the Strait of Hormuz.

“The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT! Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, “A WALL OF STEEL,” and there is nothing Iran can do about it,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform.

After the start of the war, which began with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, Tehran effectively shut the strait, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas was previously shipped.

RYE, N.Y. — New York State Senate Majority Leader

RYE, N.Y. — New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins declared August 8, 2026, as Betty Emamian Day during a ceremony at Barley Beach House, honoring the Scarsdale resident’s work strengthening ties between the Iranian and American communities.

Emamian, a district leader in Westchester County, is a community organizer and civil advocacy professional known for promoting Persian heritage and uniting the Iranian diaspora with the broader public. She has been a driving force behind two prominent cultural events in the region: the Nowruz Gala at Gracie Mansion and the annual Persian Parade in New York City.

The proclamation formally recognizes those contributions, marking August 8 as an annual observance of her impact on Westchester County and New York’s Iranian-American community.

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Aug. 13 - The latest edition of Kayhan Life’s Week

Aug. 13 - The latest edition of Kayhan Life’s Week in Review, covering the week ending August 7th, is now live on the Kayhan Life website.

Visit: https://kayhanlife.com/weekly_newletter/weekly-roundup-from-kayhan-life-july-31st-august-7th/

#theweekinreview #kayhanlife

By @katty_biglari August 13 - @rashin.kheiriyeh i

By @katty_biglari
August 13 - @rashin.kheiriyeh is an awardwinning artist and author who has written and illustrated 100 children’s books and who moved to the United States in 2011. This summer, she has been exhibiting paintings inspired by the Shahnameh (the Book of Kings, the 10th-century epic poem by the Persian poet Ferdowsi) at the Hillyer Gallery in Washington, DC, where she resides. They are also on display in a group show at the Advocartsy Gallery in Los Angeles.

Rashin studied at Al-Zahra University in Tehran, where she received her Masters of Fine Arts in graphic design and illustration. She won the Best Book of the Year award (granted by the Tehran Book Council) in 2005 and 2006, and in 2007, was one of 30 emerging contemporary Iranian artists selected for a traveling exhibition promoting cultural exchange in the United States.

The following is a recent Kayhan Life interview with Rashin.

You are inspired by classical Persian narratives, and strive to reconcile the distinct histories and narratives contained in the Persian and Western traditions. How did you approach your new Shahnameh series?

Continues on kayhanlife.com as a free article.

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