Iran's Foreign Minister States Ceasefire Unlikely, US and Iran Negotiations on Strait of O

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  1. Iran's foreign minister was quoted as saying the two sides do "not have anything like a ceasefire."

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    Common Dreams

    "It doesn't matter how close or how far we are," said the official, who has heard no mention of a potential extension of the ceasefire. "What matters is if Iran wants to come to the table and agree to a deal. Right now, they haven't done that."

  2. In a speech on New York's Long Island, Trump introduced the idea of declaring the Strait of Hormuz a US territory. "After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated — pretty soon, I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States," Trump told a crowd of law enforcement officers.

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    CNBC

    Earlier, Trump claimed that after the U.S. defeats Iran, "pretty soon I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States."

    Common Dreams

    In yet another remark that triggered alarm around the world, President Donald Trump said Friday that he planned to declare the Strait of Hormuz—which Iran has blockaded for much of the past five months over his and Israel's illegal war—a US territory.

  3. "The Strait of Hormuz has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian; this strait will only be closed and opened under Iran's command," Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said in a post on X late Friday. "The Strait of Hormuz cannot be seized by tweet, nor by aircraft carrier, nor by issuing an order, nor by an election speech."

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    Washington Times Business

    Iranian officials have been defiant in the face of economic threats, saying Mr. Trump “miscalculated” in waging war against their country. Iran says no ships may transit the Strait of Hormuz without its authorization, contradicting Mr. Trump’s claim of U.S. control over the waterway.

    ZeroHedge

    "The Strait of Hormuz has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian," he wrote, as translated from Persian to English. "This strait will only be closed and opened under Iran’s command."

    Fortune

    The U.S. can’t fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran can’t stop every ship from transporting oil through narrow waterway.

  4. The result has been a stalemate where oil prices stay choppy but relatively in check and missiles are still launched without all-out war returning. This uneasy equilibrium, however, isn’t likely to last.

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    CNBC

    Amid the military and diplomatic stalemate, energy prices remain elevated compared to pre-war levels.

  5. "So for you to pay a tiny little bit more for your gasoline, just remember you're doing it so that a very evil country cannot have, a country that really is the number one state sponsor of terror in the world," Trump said in his speech.

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    Common Dreams

    After high initial claims about lower prices, Trump admitted that gasoline has soared due to his war, but said: "For you to pay a tiny little bit more for your gasoline, just remember, you're doing it so that a very evil country cannot have a—a country, really it's the No. 1 state sponsor of terror in the world—we don't want to have them have a nuclear weapon. So, remember that when you have to pay a little bit more, you're at $4, it's OK. I'll never apologize. I did the right thing."

  6. Mr. Bessent said coming actions “will be a combination of economic isolation like the world has never seen before, and the continued blockade in the Strait of Hormuz that will keep anything from going in or out of the Iranian ports.”

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    "It will be a combination of economic isolation like the world has never seen before, and the continued blockade in the Strait of Hormuz that will keep anything from going in or out of the Iranian ports," Bessent said in a Newsmax interview Thursday night, without elaborating further.

  7. This is one of them. President Donald Trump continues to express hope that the conflict with Iran can be brought to an end. Iran and Oman say negotiations over shipping arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz are progressing.

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    Common Dreams

    Trump's threat over the strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman came just before a monthlong ceasefire between the US and Iran is set to expire on Monday. A senior White House official told Politico that the situation is "static."

  8. Covert mideast oil flows are keeping global prices in check The trade of ferrying oil through the Strait of Hormuz undetected to transfer the barrels onto tankers in the Gulf of Oman is running at full tilt.

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  1. 01 CNBC

    Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed to a halt over the weekend ahead of the expiry date of the 60-day ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran on Monday, with no official negotiations or deal in sight.

  2. 02 ZeroHedge

    There are moments when the world seems to be moving toward peace and war simultaneously.

  3. 03 Fortune

    At the same time, the U.S. is preventing Iran from exporting its crude supplies or importing critical goods, while American forces grapple with munitions and readiness issues.

  4. 04 Financial Times

    War and climate change drive surge in cost of shipping through global chokepoints Rates along routes including Panama Canal, Rhine, Red Sea and Black Sea jump, while Hormuz closure also hits seaborne trade

  5. 05 Common Dreams

    Just two days after the latest inflation figures demonstrated, in the words of one expert, "Trump's catastrophic mismanagement of our economy," the president ignored the economic fallout from his war, which led Iran to restrict ship traffic through the strait, driving up fuel prices worldwide.

  6. 06 Washington Times Business

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says President Trump plans to drastically dial up financial pressure on Iran as the Middle East conflict reverts to an economic war of wills.

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Original Articles (9)

Center Strait of Hormuz shipping grinds to a halt ahead of U.S.-Iran ceasefire expiry — CNBC
Center Iran rebuffs Trump's claim over Strait of Hormuz amid report of another ship being struck — CNBC
Lean Right Fog Of War: A World Searching For An Exit — ZeroHedge
Lean Right 'Delusional': Iran Fires Back At Trump's Make 'Hormuz Strait A Territory Of The US' Ambitions — ZeroHedge
Lean Left Iran’s oil is trapped while rivals’ exports from the Persian Gulf are poised to surge, but Tehran could do whatever it takes to break the chokehold — Fortune
Lean Left Covert mideast oil flows are keeping global prices in check — Fortune
Center War and climate change drive surge in cost of shipping through global chokepoints — Financial Times
Left 'Menace to the World': With Iran Talks Stalled, Trump Vows to Declare Strait of Hormuz a US Territory — Common Dreams
Lean Right Treasury Secretary Bessent says U.S. set to deliver unprecedented economic pain on Iran — Washington Times Business