Iran-US war latest: Trump pledges to reopen Strait of Hormuz from today as Tehran warns of ceasefire violation
Donald Trump has pledged to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as early as Monday morning in a “humanitarian gesture”.
The US president declared that “Project Freedom” was meant to “free up people, companies, and Countries that have done absolutely nothing wrong”, who he called “victims of circumstance”. It comes after Trump said on Saturday that there was a “possibility” he could order renewed strikes against Iran.
He said in a post on Truth Social on Sunday that the decision to reopen the waterway came as his representatives were having “very positive discussions” with Iran, who reportedly issued the US president a one-month deadline for negotiations on its proposed deal to reopen the strait and bring an end to the war.
However, Ibrahim Azizi, a senior Iranian lawmaker, has warned that US involvement in managing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz would constitute a violation of the ceasefire.
He added that the strait and the Persian Gulf “would not be managed by Trump’s delusional posts”.
