Iran Again Refuses to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Unless US Meets Demands
Trump said on Aug. 9 that the United States was only semi-negotiating with Iran after the regime demanded multiple concessions.On Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed that an agreement on the establishment of a new maritime route in the Strait of Hormuz had entered the “final stages.”
However, Araghchi reiterated the regime’s position that the new shipping lanes would not be opened until the United States agreed to Tehran’s demands.
On Aug. 8, Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohammad-Bagher Zolghadr said the United States would need to comply with multiple demands for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen.
The demands included the United States ending its war with Iran, removing the naval blockade, withdrawing military troops, lifting sanctions on the regime, releasing blocked Iranian assets, paying damages caused by the war, and avoiding future threats against Iran.
“I see that Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran are asking for compensation for the damage done to them during the last five month Military Conflict (started because, THEY WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON), even though it was never mentioned in any of our negotiations or meetings!”wrote Trump.
In response to Tehran’s demands, Trump demanded compensation from Iran for all of the people killed and wounded by the regime’s roadside bombs and conflicts.
Trump added that the families of hundreds of thousands of innocent protesters killed by the regime over the past 50 years, including the 52,000 people he said were killed in the past five months, should receive compensation.
“I have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any, and all, future negotiations,” Trump said.
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Detailed analysis from the Atlantic Council and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) suggests that while Iran is far weaker militarily, it still holds leverage through its ability to disrupt global oil trade until a final deal is signed.
Not a “war” without troops on the ground, it’s currently a bombing campaign
ReplyDelete@12:59...still a war, boots on the ground or not.
ReplyDeleteTrump said yesterday that the US Navy was in control of the Strait. Is this post fake news?
ReplyDelete@1:49...A Democrat? President Donald Trump declared that the U.S. Navy has "100 percent control" of the Strait of Hormuz, describing the ongoing American naval blockade against Iran as an infallible "steel wall". Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump asserted that the military has cleared the strategic waterway of Iranian sea mines and is strictly managing who enters. He noted that while Iran "can make trouble," the U.S. is letting approved vessels through, rendering the route effectively open under American oversight.
ReplyDeleteI guess my point is that your posts says that Iran is controlling the Strait...but in your comment above you agree that Trump says the US is.
DeleteSo which is it?
End the war and block everything to this country until they fold!
ReplyDeleteTrump still has A BLOCKADE but Iran has demands that they want reached before they walk away from the Strait. Please re-read it and do your best. :)
ReplyDeleteThe blockade is on traffic coming in and out of their ports and not on the Strait itself. International traffic still transits the strait...at least the traffic that Iran allows.
DeleteI still don't see how you can maintain that the U.S. Navy controls 100% of the traffic in the Strait in a blog post that has a title that says that Iran is refusing to reopen it...as if they had control.
It's a little thing...just confusing.