“You must pay the price for the aggression you initiated to the honorable, dear, and Muslim nation," said Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for the Iranian military. “You know nothing about our very extensive and strategic capacities."
The spokesperson also rejected Trump’s assessment that “Iran has been essentially decimated.” He claimed the targeted facilities have been “insignificant” and insisted the U.S. military cannot reach key production sites.
Iran continued strikes across the Persian Gulf Thursday morning, despite Trump’s warning.
Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said Thursday that Tehran has “no choice but to fight back strongly.”
Following Trump’s speech and the continued trading of strikes, the price of crude oil soared once more Thursday morning, with Brent rising to $108 per barrel.
Iran has used the vital waterway as a political bargaining chip following the initial U.S.-Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, and despite Trump’s threats for it to be reopened, very few vessels have been granted safe passage, bringing trade to a virtual standstill.
“To those countries that can’t get fuel—many of which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, we had to do it ourselves—I have a suggestion,” he said. “Number one, buy oil from the United States of America; we have plenty. We have so much. And number two, build up some delayed courage… Go to the Strait and just take it. Protect it. Use it for yourselves. Iran has been essentially decimated. The hard part is done.”
Echoing remarks previously made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump said the Strait would likely “just open up naturally” at the close of the war.
U.K. hosts Strait of Hormuz talks with around 30 nations
Trump, in an interview published Wednesday, threatened to pull the U.S. out of NATO, after allied nations opted not to actively join the Iran war.
Starmer defended his position once more during a press briefing, insisting the U.K. won’t be “dragged” into a war and vowing to act in the “British national interest,” despite outside pressures.
On Thursday, U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper hosted a virtual coalition of around 30 nations to discuss efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. reportedly did not attend.
Meanwhile, during a state visit to South Korea, French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters it’s “unrealistic” to think the Strait can be reopened by force. Instead, he said, the vital waterway must be secured “in coordination with Iran.”
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