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Iran Claims U.S. Begging to Talk, as Trump Posts Map of Strait of Hormuz Labeled “New U.S. Territory”

HeadlineAug 19, 2026

Officials from the Joint Maritime Information Center on Tuesday said that unidentified projectiles struck two ships in the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, killing at least one sailor. Hours earlier, the United Arab Emirates said its air defenses tracked two ballistic missiles fired from Iran; both fell into the sea, the second inside Emirati waters. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said mediators will not return to broader U.S.-Iran talks until Iran and Oman reach their own deal on passage through the strait. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the U.S. is now begging to talk, while President Trump posted a map of the waterway labeled “new U.S. territory.” Also on Tuesday, prosecutors in Manhattan charged 17 Iranians with hacking for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Justice Department says the Mabna Institute digitally broke into 144 U.S. universities and 178 more abroad, stealing over 31 terabytes of research.

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