could form a \u201cjoint venture\u201d on the operation<\/a>.<\/p>\nIn a speech Thursday evening, the U.K. foreign secretary will reiterate her call for the Strait to be reopened, arguing freedom of the seas \u201cmust not be unilaterally withdrawn or sold off to individual bidders. Nor can there be any place for tolls on an international waterway.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cooper told the BBC the freedom of the seas is a \u201cprinciple that applies right across the globe, and it’s crucial for the cost of living back here at home. It’s crucial for the global economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a separate interview Thursday morning, she criticized Trump’s use of language in the conflict. \u201cThe rhetoric that we’ve seen used … has been completely wrong. I think that sort of escalatory rhetoric can have escalatory consequences,\u201d she told Sky News.<\/p>\n
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is on a visit to the Middle East as Britain pushes for Lebanon to be included in the ceasefire \u2014 despite Israel conducting heavy strikes on the region.<\/p>\n
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh accused Israel of a \u201cgrave violation\u201d of the ceasefire in a BBC interview Thursday morning. He would not confirm whether Iran would pull out of negotiations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very much focusing on the wellbeing of the whole Middle East,\u201d Khatibzadeh said, adding Iran is \u201cfocused on getting this done\u201d as it’s \u201cwithin our national interests.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States would use Iran\u2019s 10-point plan \u2014 which calls…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[6498,177,2671,38,266,102,34,37,688,93,49,6476,3040,150,101,691,51,7641,2680],"class_list":{"0":"post-59232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-strait-of-hormuz","8":"tag-british-politics","9":"tag-conflict","10":"tag-cost-of-living","11":"tag-donald-trump","12":"tag-global-economy","13":"tag-hormuz","14":"tag-iran","15":"tag-israel","16":"tag-keir-starmer","17":"tag-lebanon","18":"tag-middle-east","19":"tag-negotiations","20":"tag-rights","21":"tag-shipping","22":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","23":"tag-united-kingdom","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-westminster-bubble","26":"tag-yvette-cooper"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116374194441724052","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59232","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=59232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}