Overview
- Trump announced Sunday that U.S. forces will start guiding stranded commercial ships through the Strait on Monday morning local time in a mission he named Project Freedom.
- U.S. Central Command said about 15,000 personnel with more than 100 aircraft, warships, and drones will support the escorts and that the U.S. will continue its naval blockade of Iranian ports.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and senior officials warned the operation would violate the ceasefire, with hard‑line voices threatening U.S. vessels and a top lawmaker calling any interference a breach of the truce.
- Hours after Trump’s post, a tanker reported being hit by unknown projectiles near the strait, the UK maritime monitor said, while the International Maritime Organization counts hundreds of ships and up to 20,000 seafarers stuck with dwindling supplies.
- Tehran is reviewing a U.S. reply to its 14‑point plan sent via Pakistan that ties reopening the waterway to ending the blockade and wider hostilities and sets nuclear talks aside for later, and Trump has voiced skepticism the offer is acceptable.