{"id":68840,"date":"2026-08-22T08:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/68840\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T08:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:06:17","slug":"iran-us-war-latest-trump-says-tehran-not-ready-to-make-right-deal-after-threatening-economic-d-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/68840\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-US war latest: Trump says Tehran not ready to make \u2018right deal\u2019 after threatening \u2018Economic D-Day\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Reza Pahlavi condemns Iran fuel price hikes<\/p>\n

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran\u2019s last shah, has criticised the government\u2019s proposed fuel price increases, calling them an \u201cunforgivable mistake\u201d that would worsen hardship for Iranians. <\/p>\n

In a post on X, Pahlavi wrote: \u201cWhile the Islamic Republic squanders the nation’s resources on foreign terrorists and domestic oppressors, the regime’s officials and their cronies compete with one another in plundering national wealth, and the regime’s ineptitude in governing the country has broken the backs of households and impoverished Iranians. Imposing fuel price hikes on the people is an unforgivable mistake and a profound betrayal. Fuel prices cannot be compared to those in other countries when Iranians’ incomes are in rials and below the poverty line.<\/p>\n

\u201cFuel and energy issues are managed on a daily basis without crisis in nearly every country in the world, even many with far fewer resources than Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cOn one hand, the IRGC smuggling mafia siphons off tens of millions of litres of Iran’s capital daily through tankers, pipelines, and smuggling docks; on the other, the automotive mafia foists low-quality, high-consumption vehicles on the nation. This criminal sect, incapable of solving the problem, uses its propaganda apparatus to shift the burden of fuel shortages onto the people, portraying them as the cause of increased consumption and fuel smuggling.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Islamic Republic is an incompetent, corrupt, and anti-Iranian regime that is itself the root of these disorders and will never be capable of resolving them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maroosha Muzaffar22 August 2026 08:45<\/p>\n

<\/a>Iran army warns of \u2018broader\u2019 response to any attack<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s military has adopted a more \u201coffensive\u201d approach from a \u201cdefensive\u201d one following the experience of recent wars, army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia said, according to Iranian state media.<\/p>\n

Akraminia said: \u201cOur country\u2019s military doctrine was defensive in the past, but gradually during these two wars, we witnessed the military doctrine moving from a defensive posture towards an offensive one.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the change \u201cdoes not mean carrying out preemptive operations against the enemy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will respond to any act of aggression immediately and on a broader scale than the aggression itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Akraminia, Iran has restored military equipment damaged in previous fighting and brought additional systems into operation. \u201cWe are working continuously so that if the enemy again makes a miscalculation, we can deliver a more crushing response than before,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Akraminia also said Iran\u2019s control over the Strait of Hormuz had become a \u201cdecisive geopolitical influence\u201d following the war, while pointing to a new Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defence partnership as evidence of what he described as waning US influence in the region.<\/p>\n

Maroosha Muzaffar22 August 2026 08:13<\/p>\n

<\/a>Israel faces backlash over building of gallows site for hanging Palestinians<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s far-right national security minister is facing a major backlash over the construction of a gallows site to execute Palestinians sentenced to death at a prison in Israel.<\/p>\n

Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video online showing the construction of the facility in an unidentified location, which will include viewing booths for the family members of victims to witness executions.<\/p>\n

It follows the passage of a highly controversial \u201cDeath Penalty for Terrorists Law\u201d earlier this year that made death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in \u200bmilitary courts of deadly attacks.<\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar22 August 2026 07:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>US energy secretary says ‘oil flowing through Hormuz’<\/p>\n

US energy secretary Chris Wright has claimed that the US military has helped transit more than 15 million barrels of oil out of Hormuz on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“Combined with pipelines, the total oil leaving the region was close to 20 million barrels,” he said on X.<\/p>\n

He added: “Make no mistake, thanks to the US Navy, oil is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz. The seven-day average of oil leaving the Strait is over 8 million barrels a day.” <\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar22 August 2026 07:09<\/p>\n

<\/a>Donald Trump declares Strait of Hormuz an ‘American territory’<\/p>\n

US president Donald Trump declared the Strait of Hormuz as an “American territory” and said Iran must never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n

Trump told reporters last night: \u201cWe cannot let them have a nuclear weapon; we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon, or you will see some very bad things.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want to make a deal so badly, we don\u2019t even know if we want [a deal] because I view the Strait of Hormuz as an American territory right now, it\u2019s an American territory,\u201d Trump added. <\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar22 August 2026 07:08<\/p>\n

<\/a>The maps and charts that debunk Trump\u2019s claim the route has reopened<\/p>\n

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> has plunged to single digits as US-Iran peace talks have ground to a complete halt.<\/p>\n

Only seven commodity vessels passed through the waterway on Thursday, some of the lowest numbers seen in weeks, according to Kpler data. Four ships entered the Gulf while only three exited.<\/p>\n

This number was down from 14 on Wednesday. No supertankers or liquefied natural gas carriers were recorded passing through the vital chokepoint through which one-fifth of the world\u2019s energy passes.<\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar22 August 2026 06:40<\/p>\n

<\/a>Iran ‘not ready to make right deal’, says Trump<\/p>\n

US president Donald Trump, who has warned of economic consequences \u200bagainst any \u2060country that provides “any type of lifeline to Iran,” said \u200cthat Washington was observing “what happens” in the conflict.<\/p>\n

“They would love to make a deal, but they’re not ready to make the right deal, in my opinion,” Trump said of Iran.<\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar22 August 2026 06:17<\/p>\n

<\/a>Iran says Trump’s sanctions ‘assertion of extraterritorial sovereignty’<\/p>\n

Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said this morning that the imminent US announcement of new economic sanctions on Iran was an “assertion of extraterritorial sovereignty over every independent member state of the United Nations”.<\/p>\n

“Such secondary sanctions \u2060find no foundation in international law,” he said in a post on X.<\/p>\n

US president Donald Trump, who has warned of economic consequences \u200bagainst any \u2060country that provides “any type of lifeline to Iran,” said \u200cyesterday that Washington was observing “what happens” in the conflict. <\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar22 August 2026 05:48<\/p>\n

<\/a>Recap: Iranian president calls for end to conflict<\/p>\n

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for an end to the conflict with the US, telling the country\u2019s doctors at a meeting: “It is better that we bring the war to an end now as we are in a position of power and dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said: “The whole world acknowledges our victory and emphasises that America has attacked our schools, hospitals and infrastructure in violation of all regulations and is hated around the world.”<\/p>\n

His remarks come after the US promised \u201cthe toughest sanctions in history\u201d for Iran after failed attempts to negotiate an end to the war. <\/p>\n

Tehran accused US president Donald Trump of threatening “economic terrorism” after Trump promised to wage “Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale,\u201d suggesting he may extend sanctions to allies that have helped mediate peace \u200ctalks.<\/p>\n

\"IrainainIrainain president Masoud Pezeshkian called for an end to the conflict (Iranian Presidential Office\/AFP )<\/p>\n

Nicole Wootton-Cane22 August 2026 05:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>In pictures: Diesel prices rise in US amid Iran war \"DieselDiesel prices over $7 a gallon are displayed on a pump at a gas station (Getty)\"AccordingAccording to data from AAA, diesel prices in California have risen 30 cents in the last month (Getty)<\/p>\n

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