Iran has just informed us that they are in a “State of Collapse” and want us to “Open the Hormuz Strait” as soon as possible.
Evidence and Verdict
For
USA Today reports former President Trump posted on Truth Social quoting that 'Iran has just informed us that they are in a "State of Collapse"' and that 'They want us to "Open the Hormuz Strait," as soon as possible.' Multiple news outlets (AP and CNN) independently report that Iran offered to reopen or did reopen the Strait of Hormuz in late April 2026.
Against
None of the cited reporting shows an official Iranian government statement using the exact phrase 'State of Collapse'; that wording appears in Trump’s social-media post rather than in AP, CNN, or BBC coverage. The AP and CNN stories make clear Iran's offers to reopen the strait were conditional (for example, tied to lifting a U.S. blockade or ending hostilities), not an unconditional plea that the U.S. 'open the Hormuz Strait as soon as possible.'
Verdict
The claim mixes verified and unverified elements: reporting confirms Iran offered or announced reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, but the 'State of Collapse' wording is not shown as an Iranian statement in the cited coverage and the reopening offer was conditional, so the overall claim is partly true and partly unverified/misleading.
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