president Donald Trump Announced that the United States would launch a comprehensive blockade of the Strait Hormuzpledging to fight back against what he called “world blackmail” and guaranteeing that anyone paying Iran a toll would not be allowed through the vital oil channel.
The US president said discussions with Iran that ended without a deal on Saturday were “going very well” and he condemned Iran’s unwillingness to compromise on its nuclear agenda, which he called “the only point that really matters”.
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Trump angrily denounces Iran: “America will never be blackmailed”
“The United States Navy, the finest in the world, will immediately begin blocking any ship trying to enter or leave the United States,” Trump wrote in a Truth Society post on Sunday. Strait of Hormuz“.
“At some point we’re going to get to a ‘all in, all out’ basis, but instead of allowing that to happen, Iran is just saying ‘there could be a mine in there’ and no one but them knows.”
“This is a worldwide blackmail, and leaders, especially the leaders of the United States of America, will never be blackmailed,” he said.
Previously, more than one-fifth of the world’s seaborne oil supply passed through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran uses drones and missiles to prevent oil tankers from sailing through this critical choke point.
recent, Iran Claims it has laid mines in the strait, but reportedly no longer knows their locations. In addition, it seeks to impose a toll of $1 per barrel of oil to allow ships to pass safely.
US-Iran peace talks fail in Pakistan
Trump did not attend Islamabad’s peace discussions with Iran. However, he remains in constant communication with the team overseeing negotiations to resolve the Middle East conflict.
The U.S. delegation is headed by the Vice President JD VanceHe communicated with Trump about “a dozen times” during multiple rounds of discussions between Pakistan and Iran. However, the talks did not achieve a decisive result.
Asked about his communications with Trump, Vance said: “We’ve been talking to the president. I don’t know how many times we’ve talked to him in the last 21 hours, six times, a dozen times.”
