Iran says the world has accepted it has defeated the US, and other Middle East developments
Iran's president says the world has accepted that it's won the war with the United States, while France and Saudi Arabia are expected to discuss plans to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively closed since the U.S. and Israel launched a war with Iran nearly six months ago.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian declared that the international community has acknowledged Iran's victory over the United States in their ongoing war. He stated that the entire world had approved Iran's triumph and that the U.S. was widely despised, according to Iran's state-run news agency IRNA.
This comes amid the Trump administration's aggressive economic campaign against Iran, which includes an "unprecedented" level of financial warfare and isolation aimed at compelling Iran's leadership to abandon its nuclear program and to lift the obstruction of the Strait of Hormuz for oil and natural gas tankers. Former President Donald Trump had announced plans to impose stringent economic sanctions on Iran, hoping to force a capitulation to demands for the cessation of Iran's nuclear program and the full reopening of the strategic waterway.
A U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria, Tom Barrack, contradicted the official U.S. stance on the Golan Heights during an interview on Friday. Barrack asserted that Israel "still" occupied the territory, which contravenes United Nations resolutions. The Golan Heights were captured by Israel from Syria during the 1967 war, and Israel annexed the region in 1981.
The United Nations continues to regard the territory as occupied Syrian land and maintains that Israel's annexation is void and calls for Israel's withdrawal to the pre-1967 border. In 2019, President Trump signed a proclamation recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, an action that did not alter the territory's legal status under international law or secure wider international acceptance.
Colombia became the second nation to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan this month, following the United States. Barrack's comments triggered a backlash from conservative activist and U.S. presidential ally Laura Loomer, who expressed on X that Barrack "should resign for his lack of understanding of U.S. foreign policy."
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