Trump Says No Talks With Iran, Calls Hormuz ‘New US Territory’ By Staff Report

Trump Says No Talks With Iran, Calls Hormuz ‘New US Territory’ By Staff Report

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States was not engaged in any discussions with Iran and that no talks had been planned.

He also said the US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz remained fully in place.

Trump made the remarks in a post on Truth Social, where he also shared an image showing a map of the strategic waterway between Iran and Oman.

He captioned the image “New US Territory,” with a circle marking the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.

Trump had previously called the proposal to designate the Strait of Hormuz as US territory a “great idea.”

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi responded sharply to Trump’s remarks, saying the US president’s claims about the strategic waterway were misguided.

“Just as Trump correctly wrote the name of the eternal Persian Gulf, soon his delusion regarding the Strait of Hormuz will either be corrected or we will correct the delusions of this deluded man,” Gharibabadi said.

SOURCE: https://pakobserver.net/trump-says-no-talks-with-iran-calls-hormuz-new-us-territory/