ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Iran told them it is in a “State of Collapse,” and that Tehran has urged Washington to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

“Iran has just informed us that they are in a ‘State of Collapse.’ They want us to ‘Open the Hormuz Strait,’ as soon as possible, as they try to figure out their leadership situation (Which I believe they will be able to do!)” Trump said on Truth Social.

The US has imposed a naval blockade on Iran’s sea ports, in response to the restrictions placed on the strategic Strait of Hormuz by Iran. Iran restricted access to the vital waterway after the recent war began. 

A fragile two-week ceasefire, initially set to expire on April 22 but recently extended by Trump, has halted the war, but tensions between the two sides remain high, as the economic impacts continue.

The American president on Saturday said that he canceled a planned trip by US representatives to Islamabad for talks with the Iranians, adding shortly after that Washington received a “much better” proposal from Tehran after he called off the dispatch.

Trump has repeatedly said that Iran’s leadership is in disarray, after US-Israeli strikes killed many of the top crop of the country’s leadership in the recent conflict and the 12-day war in June of 2025.

US and Iranian representatives met face-to-face for the first time in decades on April 11, aiming to come to a lasting agreement to stop the war.