Iranian political and military officials have come out in recent hours to deny the latest message sent by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, about the alleged reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, stating that no agreement has been reached regarding the strategic passage.
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“It is simply false”, said sources from the Iranian negotiating team to the semi-official agency of the country, Fars, which also received denials from military officials under anonymity. “As long as the hostile and malicious acts of the United States continue, the strait will remain closed,” they added.
The Iranian agency Tasnim, linked to the Revolutionary Guard, also denied the message sent by Trump a few hours ago, in which he explained that he had decided to suspend the latest operations against Iran, at Tehran’s request, with a view to the possible reopening of the strait.
In fact, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, communicated on Saturday night to his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, that the situation in Hormuz has not changed at all and that his country is prepared to respond to any American attack.
The conversation with the Saudi diplomat, in turn, was reproduced by the Crown Prince of the Arab kingdom, Mohammed bin Salman, in the phone call he had with Trump this Sunday.
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Russia, an Iranian ally, has recently expressed its frustration with the course of the negotiations as demonstrated by the statements made this Sunday on social media by its permanent representative to the UN, Mikhail Ulyanov.
“There are starting to be too many contradictory statements about the search for an agreement, and most come from Washington,” said the Russian diplomat.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, assured on Saturday that he decided to cancel a military attack against the Islamic Republic of Iran, after – according to him – Tehran and other Middle Eastern countries had requested to suspend any offensive after reaching a preliminary agreement aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending the Iranian nuclear threat.
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