An Iranian missile hit a UAE vessel on August 8, 2026, as negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz remained deadlocked, the United Arab Emirates reported.
Iran's supreme national security council, a politburo-like governing body, declared the waterway would stay closed until Washington changes course. Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, the council's secretary and a commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, put it plainly in a statement carried by Iran's state broadcaster: "The strait of Hormuz will not open until the United States corrects its behaviour."
The Guardian reported that Iran had issued new, tough demands as a condition for any agreement, and that a deal remained out of reach as of August 8. The Financial Times reported separately that Tehran said it was close to finalising an arrangement with Oman to manage shipping through the strait, even as the missile strike unfolded.
The attack took place while both sides were still in talks, deepening uncertainty over when commercial traffic through the waterway might resume.