Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, stated this Thursday that the United States has made “an even greater miscalculation” regarding the Strait of Hormuz than it did with the war, in what appears to be a new response to President Donald Trump, who boasted of having the situation under control.
Araqchi explained that the United States has been miscalculating for a long time due to failures in its intelligence reports, first with the war, but “now an even greater miscalculation with the Strait of Hormuz.”
“Worse than fake news is fake intelligence. Beware,” warned the Iranian Foreign Minister in a message on social media, concluding by emphasizing that Allah is “greater than any power on Earth.”
This Wednesday, the President of the United States claimed to have the situation under control in the Strait of Hormuz. “It is ours,” he assured, while warning Iran that they would receive “another beating” if they ever tried anything. “Right now we are in a very good position,” he reiterated.
In response, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), an organization created by Tehran to manage maritime traffic through Hormuz, dismissed these “repeated” claims by U.S. authorities. “They do not change reality,” it pointed out.
“The Strait of Hormuz remains blocked and will not reopen until Iran’s conditions are accepted,” the PGSA concluded in a brief note on social media.
The tug of war between the parties continues, and while Trump suggests new economic sanctions without ruling out the possibility of more attacks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Iran only considers such a possibility if the U.S. ends the blockades of its ports and releases frozen assets in foreign banks.
Likewise, Iran also conditions free passage through the Strait of Hormuz on a reliable ceasefire that also includes Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, permanent targets of Israel’s territorial aspirations, which has already warned that it will not support any agreement requiring it to cease its attacks.
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