Iran\u2019s president says the world has accepted that it\u2019s won the war with the United States, while France and Saudi Arabia are expected to discuss plans to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively closed since the U.S. and Israel launched a war with Iran nearly six months ago. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile remarks by the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria appear to contradict official U.S. position over the Golan Heights.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East on Saturday. Full coverage can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s President says the world has accepted that Iran won the war<\/p>\n Iranian state media reported Friday that President Masoud Pezeshkian said the war with the U.S. should end since the world has already accepted that Iran has won. Iran sees its control over the Strait and not giving into U.S. demands as a win.<\/p>\n \u201cThe entire world approved our victory and the U.S. is hated,\u201d he said according to IRNA news agency. Iran sees its control over the Strait and not giving into U.S. demands as a win.<\/p>\n The remarks came as the Trump administration is touting a crushing financial campaign<\/a> against Iran, promising an \u201ceconomic D-Day\u201d<\/a> against the country. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would be imposing an \u201cunprecedented\u201d level of economic warfare and isolation on Iran, aiming to force its leadership<\/a> to cave to demands to end its nuclear program and fully reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz<\/a> to oil and natural gas tankers.<\/p>\n U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria appears to contradict official U.S. position on the Golan Heights<\/p>\n In an interview Friday, Tom Barrack said that Israel \u201cstill\u201d occupies the territory in violation of U.N. resolutions.<\/p>\n In his comments made to Mario Nawfal, a Lebanese-Australian entrepreneur, Barrack said that \u201cin the Golan, with Syria, they (Israel) still occupy the Golan, against the U.N. resolutions.\u201d<\/p>\n Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 war and annexed it in 1981. The U.N. considers the territory occupied Syrian land and the annexation null and void, with U.N. resolutions calling for Israel\u2019s withdrawal to the June 4, 1967, line.<\/p>\n In March 2019, Trump signed a proclamation recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, reversing decades of U.S. policy. The move did not change the territory\u2019s status under international law or win broader international recognition.<\/p>\n Colombia became the second country to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan this month, joining the United States.<\/p>\n Barrack\u2019s remarks sparked a backlash Saturday from conservative activist and U.S. presidential ally Laura Loomer, who posted on X that he \u201cshould resign for his lack of understanding of U.S. foreign policy.\u201d<\/p>\n