On the 23rd of March,2026, Trump says that the US received a big present from Iran, but he couldn’t tell anyone anything about it. The present was actually 10 oil tankers sent to sail in the US, which Trump revealed on the 26th of March.

The situation is not as clear as Trump pretends. Boats have been going through, but there are fewer than before it closed.

“They are negotiating with themselves,” said the Iranian government regarding their presumed gift to Trump. They also said that “Trump is a liar and no one should trust him.”

By the source:” What is going on with shipping?”, he said that in the beginning, only 5 tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz, and none of them were going to the US. In fact, all of them are going to Asia. Also, the only tankers that can go through are those that trade with the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps). From the source of “Al Jazeera”, there was also a deal made by China regarding the Strait of Hormuz, which allowed Chinese ships to pass for free because they pressured Tehran to let them.

Before the war between the USA and Iran began, boats could pass through the Strait of Hormuz along the yellow and red lines. These are the basic shipping lines that were used to travel on the canal.

Now, while the war is still going on, they can only go through the green line. In this line, there is Larak kuhi, a heavily guarded place. There is also a port, used to either let boats in or out of the Strait of Hormuz. It also controls everything in the canal.

Then, Iran only lets in the waterway, an average of 10 to 15 boats a day for the last month, and they are all for Asia and a bit from Europe.

Also, by the source: “What is going on with shipping?”, he said that the Iranians put mines in the channel to use as a way to control the boats that go in and out of it, but there are no current oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz as of April 9.

The insurance companies are also insuring the boats on the waterway, but the insurance costs a lot more to obtain. There are 40 billion US dollars invested in reinsuring boats.