Published August 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM ET · Updated August 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM ET
Iran Says Deal is Close on Strait of Hormuz But Continues Targeting Ships, Demands US Lift Naval Blockade – Vance Says US Pressure Will Continue (VIDEO)
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Iran says a deal on the Strait of Hormuz is close but claims it is not enough to open the waterway. Iran continues targeting ships and has presented a new list of demands to the US, including lifting a naval blockade. Vice President Vance says US pressure will continue.
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⚖ The Constitutional Angle
The Prize Cases held the President can institute a blockade without waiting for a congressional declaration of war, so the reported US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz rests on that executive war authority. Dames and Moore showed that settling a dispute with Iran through executive action and asset transfers under IEEPA can stand without a Senate-ratified treaty.
The Prize Cases (The Brig Amy Warwick; The Schooner Crenshaw; The Barque Hiawatha; The Schooner Brilliante) 67 U.S. (2 Black) 635 (1863)
Vote: 5-4 · Opinion: Grier
The President had the right, jure belli, to institute a blockade of ports held by states in rebellion — which neutrals were bound to respect — without waiting for a congressional declaration of war.
Dames & Moore v. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury 453 U.S. 654 (1981)
Vote: 9-0 on the judgment (official lineup: Rehnquist's opinion joined in full by Burger,… · Opinion: Rehnquist
(1) IEEPA (50 U.S.C. § 1702) specifically authorized the President's nullification of prejudgment attachments on Iranian assets and the ordered transfer of those assets under the Algiers Accords hostage settlement — 'The language of IEEPA is sweeping and unqualified.' (2) The suspension of claims pending in American courts (channeling them to the Iran-U.S.
Precedent facts from the PW Law Library — primary-source verified & independently audited
