'Very poor job, not the agreement we have': Donald Trump faults Iran as Hormuz traffic slows

US President Donald Trump accused Iran of failing to uphold a ceasefire agreement over maritime access in the Strait of Hormuz, as shipping through the narrow waterway appeared to stall on Thursday.

“Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the agreement we have!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

His comments came as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said vessel movement through the Strait of Hormuz slowed sharply and then stopped following large-scale Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

Russia’s TASS news agency reported late Thursday that Iran would allow no more than 15 vessels per day to pass through the strait under the terms of the two-week ceasefire, citing a senior Iranian source.

“Under the current ceasefire, fewer than 15 ships per day are permitted to transit the Strait of Hormuz,” the person said, adding that all movements would require Iranian approval and follow a protocol overseen by the IRGC. “There will be no return to the pre-war status quo.”

The reported restrictions come as a fragile truce, announced earlier this week, showed signs of strain following Israeli strikes in Lebanon that Iran said disrupted progress toward reopening the waterway.

Iran has also indicated that any lasting cessation of hostilities must be formalised through a United Nations Security Council resolution on its terms.

“If the termination of the war is not codified into a UN Security Council resolution … we are fully prepared to resume combat against the United States and the Zionist regime with even greater intensity,” the Iranian source said.

The ceasefire itself appeared increasingly tenuous after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it did not extend to Lebanon, with Israeli forces launching extensive strikes on Beirut and other areas shortly after the ceasefire agreement was announced.

Trump, meanwhile, distanced himself from versions of an Iranian proposal circulating publicly.

“Numerous Agreements, Lists, and Letters are being sent out by people that have absolutely nothing to do with the U.S.A./Iran Negotiation,” he wrote. “They are total Fraudsters, Charlatans, and WORSE.”

“There is only one group of meaningful ‘POINTS’ that are acceptable to the United States, and we will be discussing them behind closed doors,” he added.