US President Donald Trump has urged other countries to send warships to guarantee the security of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil supplies pass and under military threat from Iran.
“Many countries will send warships, in cooperation with the United States, to keep the strait open and safe”, wrote this Saturday, March 14, the North American leader on his social network Truth Social, in which he said he hoped that China, France, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and others would do so.
“I hope that China, France, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and other countries affected by this artificial restriction will send ships to the region so that the Strait of Hormuz will no longer be a threat from a nation that has been completely decapitated,” Trump said..
On Friday, Donald Trump announced that the US Navy will begin escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz “very soon.”
In his message today, the Republican politician warned that the United States will “relentlessly bomb the coast” of Iran and continue to sink Iranian ships.
“One way or another, we will soon make the Strait of Hormuz open, safe and free,” he said.at a stage in which to war unleashed by the United States and Israel against Iran since February 28 caused the price of oil to soar 37% in just two weeks, with the value of a barrel around US$100.
The White House leader noted that Iran is “completely defeated” and that Tehran “wants an agreement” as two weeks pass today since the start of the Israeli-American operation.
“The fake news media hates reporting how well the US military has done against Iran, which is totally defeated and wants a deal, but not a deal I would accept!”
This statement comes shortly after the United States launched a Friday night attack on the Iranian island of Khargthe center of the Islamic Republic’s oil industry.
On the same social network, Donald Trump stated that It was “one of the most powerful bombings” in the history of the Middle East, which is said to have completely annihilated all military targets on the island, where 90% of Iranian oil exports are stored.
Conversely, the Iranian news agency Fars reported that none of the island’s oil infrastructure was damaged.
At the same time, Iran today threatened to destroy “all United States-related oil, economic and energy infrastructure” in the Middle East in the wake of the Kharg attack.
The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Naval Force, Alireza Tangsiri, said his forces attacked “key targets” at three US air bases in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar in several waves of bombing raids.
Despite reports in Tehran that he was injured in the attack that killed Iran’s supreme leader and his father, Ali Khamenei, the Islamic Republic’s new leader Mojtaba Khamenei last week called on the Revolutionary Guard to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed during his first address to the nation, which was read by a presenter on national television.
Iran’s ideological force later reaffirmed that any vessel seeking to transit the strait must request permission under threat of being attacked.
Today, two Indian liquefied gas (LPG) tankers used the Strait of Hormuz thanks to diplomatic efforts between New Delhi and Tehran.
To date, Trump has indicated several deadlines and objectives for the end of the military offensive.
Two days after the attacks began, he stated that it could last “four or five weeks”, last week he reduced the period and said it was “about to end” and on Friday he replied that it would last “as long as necessary”.
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