Morning recap
Morning recap Good morning Middle East Eye readers, US President Donald Trump said he views the Strait of Hormuz as “an American territory” and reiterated that the US “cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon”. His remarks came hours after he said he did not think that Iran was ready make the "right deal," and that Washington was observing "what happens" in the war. Tehran, meanwhile, said that new…
Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
US President Donald Trump has taken a firm stance on Iran, declaring the Strait of Hormuz as "an American territory" and warning that the US "cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon." These comments came shortly after Trump expressed his skepticism about Iran's readiness for a deal, emphasizing that Washington was monitoring developments in the ongoing conflict.
Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, dismissed Trump's threat of a "most crushing economic operation" as bound to fail. He denounced the new US sanctions against Iran as a "declaration of war" against all nations, arguing that they exceed the scope of an "illegal economic war against a single nation."
Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz continues to operate at approximately one-fifth of its pre-war levels, while tanker traffic at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia's primary Red Sea oil terminal, has dropped by more than a third since Yemen's Houthis imposed a blockade on Saudi vessels through the Bab al-Mandeb strait on July 20.
In Syria, Israeli forces entered the village of al-Basali in the Quneitra region, conducting a search operation in one of the houses before withdrawing. Meanwhile, Georgia has chosen not to align with the European Union's recent sanctions against Iran, citing national interests as the guiding principle of its foreign policy decisions.
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