NEW: "Should we change the name Hormuz Strait to TRUMP STRAIThuh" President Trump floats yet another geographic name change as he says the Strait of Hormuz is now under U.S. control. "Like America itself, it would be “hotter” than ever before!" President Donald Trump on Wednesday floated renaming the Strait of Hormuz —…
…on the strait. "This would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran's nuclear threat," Trump wrote on Truth Social. The U.S. reimposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports on July 14 after hostilities between the two countries resumed. The blockade has since become one of…
…Esmail Baghaei, however, said the Iran-Oman agreement has no connection to reopening the Hormuz Strait or maintaining its closure. Baghaei also claimed that over the weekend, Tehran received calls from Bulgaria, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom, all assuring they will not be a part of any conflict against Iran. US must…
…a deal with Iran. “This would include the Immediate, Complete and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat,” wrote Trump in a Truth Social post. On Sunday, Iran’s Fars news agency, citing a source close to Iranian negotiators, said “as long as the United States maintains its hostile actio…
…on Truth Social. "This would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran's nuclear threat." The president said the U.S. was "locked and loaded and ready to go" against Iran but that he agreed to cancel attacks "subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL." He added that…
…declared on Truth Social that the United States would be “known as ‘THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT'” and levy a 20 per cent fee on all cargo shipped through the waterway. While Iran’s ports would again be blockaded, Trump said “all other countries will have fair and open use of the strait”. However, he also said a d…
…Trump insisted the Strait of Hormuz would remain open regardless of Iran’s actions. “The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran. We are reinstating THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE. The U.S.A will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20 per cent on all cargo shipped, for any and all costs necessary to do the jo…
…Truth Social, Trump declared the United States would be “known as ‘THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT'” and levy a 20 percent fee on all cargo shipped through the waterway. While Iran’s ports would again be blockaded, Trump said “all other countries will have fair and open use of the strait”. Iranian Foreign Minister Ab…
…on Feb. 28. "The U.S.A. will be, from this point forward, known as 'THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,' but as such, and as a matter of FAIRNESS, will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for any and all costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security to this very volatile section of t…
…the port cities of Bandar Abbas and Bandar-e Dayyer, and the Sirik area near the Hormuz Strait, a global energy chokepoint. A communication tower was part of the casualties, injuring two people along with it. The increasingly heated tit-for-tat attacks are throwing into doubt the fate of US-Iran negotiations that are s…