Iran needs to publicly declare the Strait of Hormuz open and stop firing on commercial shipping vessels or President Trump will start exercising his options, US officials warned on Friday, as the two nations stood, once again, on the brink of war.
US officials, on a briefing call with reporters, expressed frustration that Iran was “reneging” on the terms of the deal made in June’s memorandum of understanding, pointing to recent Tehran attacks on Qatari and Saudi commercial tankers.
One official gave Tehran an “F” for keeping its side of the peace deal.
“What we’re demanding is that the Iranians issue a public statement that acknowledges all channels of the Strait of Hormuz are open and they’re not shooting at ships anymore,” the official said. “They’re either going to give us that statement, or we’re not going to have a good outcome.”
