By EFE
President Donald Trump said this Saturday that Iran does not have what it takes to pressure its government with the threat of a new closure of the Strait of Hormuzand highlighted the “positive conversations” they have with Tehran, to which they have adopted a “firm stance.”
“(Iranian leaders) wanted to close the strait again, you know, just like they’ve been doing for years, but they can’t blackmail us“said the president during an event in the Oval Office where he did not answer questions from the press about the conflict with the Islamic Republic.
The president warned that “many of the ships are heading towards Texas” and Louisiana, in apparent allusion to the arrival of oil tankers to the US coasts, although without offering more details.
“We are having very positive talks (with Iran). Everything is going very well. They got a little smart, just like they have been doing for 47 years (…) We’ll see, but we will have information at the end of the day. “We are talking to them and, as you know, we are taking a firm stance,” he said.
Trump insisted that Iran no longer “has a Navy, has no Air Force, has no leaders” and clarified that what they have achieved in the Persian country could be called “a forced regime change.”
The American stated this Friday that his country would maintain the blockade of the Iranian coastsdespite the fact that Iran announced the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic route through which 20% of the world’s oil passed, whose passage was interrupted by Tehran in retaliation for the war launched by the US and Israel.
Trump indicated that he could not to extend the current ceasefire which will end next Wednesday if a peace agreement is not reached and warned that bombings on Iranian targets could resume. He had previously said in an interview with Axios that he hoped to reach an agreement with Iran within a day or two.
The president also spoke the day before about the possibility of enter Iran to extract uranium enriched in collaboration with the Islamic Republic, something that the Iranian Government has denied.
In response, the Iranian Armed Forces stated this Saturday that they have once again imposed a “strict dangle an eye on” over the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
According to reports this Saturday from the Tasnim agency, citing an anonymous Iranian source, Tehran would not have accepted the holding of a meeting for the moment. new round of negotiations with the United States due to what he considers “excessive demands” from Washington and the US naval blockade against the country.
Keep reading:
- Why the Strait of Hormuz is strategic and how Iran has used it as a pressure tool
- What is happening with the agreement reached by the US and Iran for a ceasefire
