The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday published new figures and figures challenging Donald Trump's claim that the United States dominates the Strait of Hormuz.

Ship tracking data shows that only 14 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, compared to more than 130 ships that usually passed through it daily before the war.

Eleven of those ships used the Iranian-controlled route, the Wall Street Journal reported.

This comes as US President Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social on Wednesday: "The United States has complete control of the Strait of Hormuz. I think we will keep it! And Iran can't do anything about it." He ended his post with the phrase "Praise be to Allah!"

But the figures show the gap between Trump’s claims and reality, and show how Tehran has managed to control traffic in this vital energy bottleneck with relatively little military force.

According to the report, Iran does not need to defeat the US Navy, it just needs to convince shipping companies, captains and insurance companies that ignoring Iranian orders can be costly.

Amin Nasser, the CEO of Saudi Aramco, said last week that Iran’s control of the strait has deprived the global market of more than 2.6 billion barrels of oil since the US-Israeli war began in March last year.

Iran has been preventing captains from using the route along the coast of Oman, which is protected by the US Navy. According to data from ship-tracking company Kepler, cited by the Wall Street Journal, about half of the ships that took the risk of passing through the strait in August chose a route managed by Iran.