The US-Iran war of words escalated on Sunday, with President Donald Trump issuing an expletive-laden warning to Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face action. The latest reaction came after Iran rejected Trump\u2019s earlier demand that it cut a deal within 48 hours or \u201cface hell\u201d.<\/p>\n
Trump took to social media and used abusive language to call on Iran to allow ships through the strait, while threatening further attacks on Iranian energy and transport infrastructure. In a post on Truth Social, he said, \u201cTuesday will be power plant day, and bridge day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it. Open the **** strait, you crazy b******s, or you\u2019ll be living in hell — just watch! Praise be to Allah\u201d.<\/p>\n
Iran responded by terming Trump\u2019s language as lacking civility. A post on X said, \u201cThe low level of civility and intelligence shown by a leader of a country is regrettable. The shameful fervour with which intentions to commit war crimes are repeated is staggering.\u201d Iran added that invoking the divine despite \u201cill intentions exposed deep fanaticism\u201d.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, Iran\u2019s central military command rejected Trump\u2019s previous ultimatum, with Gen Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi calling it a \u201chelpless, nervous, unbalanced and stupid action\u201d. Echoing Trump\u2019s language, he warned that \u201cthe gates of hell will open for you\u201d.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Trump had posted, \u201cRemember when I gave Iran 10 days to make a deal or open the Hormuz Strait,\u201d referring to an ultimatum issued on March 26. \u201cTime is running out — 48 hours before all hell will rain down on them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said he had spoken over the phone with US envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, as well as his Turkish and Pakistani counterparts.<\/p>\n
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Abdelatty had discussed \u201cideas and proposals to achieve the required calm\u201d and warned of an \u201cunprecedented explosion\u201d in West Asia, without elaborating further.<\/p>\n
Oman and Iran have also held deputy foreign minister-level talks to discuss options to ensure smooth transit of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Omani Foreign Ministry. The meeting was held on Saturday at the level of undersecretaries and attended by specialists from both sides.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Iran had said it was drafting a protocol with Oman to monitor traffic in the strait, through which about a fifth of global oil supplies pass, and which Tehran has severely restricted in response to the ongoing US-Israeli conflict.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Qatar\u2019s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah held talks on regional developments, including recent Iranian attacks on Kuwaiti energy facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US-Iran war of words escalated on Sunday, with President Donald Trump issuing an expletive-laden warning to Tehran…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[15220,21261,7857,19301,989,16781,265,34,21262,69,21263],"class_list":{"0":"post-53088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehran","8":"tag-iranconflict","9":"tag-oiltransit","10":"tag-straitofhormuz","11":"tag-usiran","12":"tag-diplomacy","13":"tag-donaldtrump","14":"tag-geopolitics","15":"tag-iran","16":"tag-middleeasttensions","17":"tag-tehran","18":"tag-westasia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116354038000019011","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}