According to him, Tehran is only pretending to restrict shipping itself. The United States, in turn, will not open the strait until a truce is reached, Trump says.
“They say they only want it closed because I closed it completely, so they just want to 'save face.' Four days ago, people came to me and said, 'Sir, Iran wants to open the strait immediately.' But if we do that, there will never be an agreement with Iran unless we destroy the rest of their country, including their leaders,” the White House chief wrote.
It became known the day before that a delegation of American officials did not attend the round of negotiations scheduled for April 21 at the end of the war in Iran, planned in Islamabad (Pakistan). In particular, US Vice President J.D. Vance, US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law of the head of the White House Jared Kushner were supposed to take part in the negotiations.
Trump later wrote that Pakistan has asked him to extend the ceasefire in Iran to prolong negotiations.
“N“We were asked to pause our offensive against Iran until their leaders and representatives could come up with a unified proposal,” his post said.
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Amid the US-Israeli war against Iran, shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has almost stopped since March 1, leading to a sharp rise in oil prices.
At midnight on March 22, Trump threatened attacks on Iranian energy facilities if the Strait of Hormuz is not fully opened within 48 hours. After that The country's representative to the UN maritime agency, Ali Mousavi, said that ships not related to “Iran's enemies” could pass through the strait, subject to security coordination with Tehran.
As the New York Post reported on March 31, Trump said that The Strait of Hormuz “will open on its own,” and the United States, he said, will not have to stay in Iran “for too long.”
On April 2, Euronews reported that more than 40 countries have announced a coalition to ensure free and safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz after the end of the hot phase of the war.
