Iran Responds to Trump on Hormuz: 'Cannot Be Taken by Tweet or Carrier'

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has directly countered U.S. President Donald Trump's assertions regarding control over the Strait of Hormuz. Gharibabadi declared on social media that the vital waterway cannot be seized through "tweets, aircraft carriers, or by issuing orders or election speeches." He asserted that Iran fears no threats and cannot be intimidated by displays of power.

Gharibabadi addressed Trump directly, urging the U.S. president to acknowledge the "strategic and heavy defeats" the United States has suffered against Iran. He emphatically stated, "The Strait of Hormuz belonged to Iran, belongs to Iran, and will belong to Iran." He further elaborated that the Strait would only be closed and opened under Iran's command. Gharibabadi warned that Iran would continue to implement a blockade in the Strait unless the U.S. accepts its "real defeat" and abandons its aspirations.

This exchange follows Trump's recent claim that the U.S. Navy maintains a "complete blockade" of the Strait of Hormuz and that he would declare it "U.S. territory" soon after Iran's "complete defeat." Iranian officials have repeatedly stated that the Strait will not be opened unless the U.S. ceases its interventions, maritime blockade, and fulfills the terms of a memorandum signed between Tehran and Washington on June 17.

Earlier, Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali, head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization, had also dismissed Trump's claims, stating that no vessel could pass through the Strait of Hormuz without Iran's permission and supervision. The escalating rhetoric underscores the ongoing strategic standoff between Iran and the United States over control and passage rights in the critical waterway.

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