Iran-US war latest: Trump ‘considering limited airstrikes’ as Strait of Hormuz blockade to begin today
Donald Trump is reportedly considering resuming strikes in Ira after threatening to blockade all ships in the Strait of Hormuz following the collapse of peace talks in Pakistan.
The US president is considering airstrikes on Iran, among other measures, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed US officials.
Trump has threatened to “take out” Iran’s energy infrastructure and that the US military would start “blockading any and all ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz”.
Trump added, without elaborating: “Other countries will be involved with this Blockade.”
The US Central Command announced that it will blockade all Iranian ports beginning Monday at 10am EDT, or 5.30pm in Iran.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that the blockade of “approaching military vessels to the Strait of Hormuz is considered a violation of the ceasefire”.
Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Naqer Ghalibaf, who led Tehran’s negotiators at the weekend talks with Washington, taunted Trump over rising gas prices, saying, “enjoy the current pump figures”.
