Trump Threatens Bombing Oman Over US-Iran Negotiations, Claims Strait of Hormuz Will Remin
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Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ of US-Iran negotiations US president’s remarks follow talks between Gulf state and Tehran over provisional arrangement to manage Strait of Hormuz
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ZeroHedge"I asked the president about... parallel talks that are taking place between Iran and Oman about control of the Strait of Hormuz," Yingst introduced. Trump then responded: “if Oman gets in the way [of US control in the Strait of Hormuz], we'll bomb the st out of them."
Common DreamsIn 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.
BloombergTrump Issues Threat to Oman as US-Iran MOU Expires President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it gets in the way of developments with Iran, according to reports from Fox News. A 60-day truce between the US and Iran— already repeatedly violated — will expire on Monday without a deal on how the Stair of Hormuz should be managed. Tyler Kendall reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
CNBCU.S. President Donald Trump claimed last week that "pretty soon I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States."
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But despite that the MoU will now go down as another failed opportunity, President Trump surprisingly raised another avenue, telling Fox that there is a backchannel with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officials. The IRGC of course represents a 'hardline' aspect to Iranian governance and military command structure, and so it's surprising that this would be Trump's alleged backchannel.
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"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."
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CNBCHowever, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi insisted in a post on X on Friday that the Strait will remain "Iranian" and only be closed and opened "under Iran's command."
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"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."
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CNBCIran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said the two sides do "not have anything like a ceasefire," per quotes from Iranian news outlet Shahrara News on Saturday.
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01 ZeroHedge President Trump has issued some fresh Monday remarks on Iran, after a weekend where he was relatively quiet on the conflict he launched nearly six months ago, which has long been the central controversial decision made as Commander-in-Chief, threatening to define his whole second term.
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02 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.
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03 Common Dreams It is unclear how effective Trump's threats against Oman will be, as the US military still hasn't forced Iran to reopen the strait even after burning through massive stocks of munitions—including what military sources have described to The Military Times as "virtually all" of its Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM).
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