Iran Warns Ships Near Strait of Hormuz They Will Be Destroyed Without Transit Clearance
Summary
- Iran warned that ships near the Strait of Hormuz would be destroyed unless they had transit clearance from the naval arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- Trump said the safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz was under discussion in exchange for a two-week truce and a halt to bombing and attacks.
- Trump said the U.S. and Iran are considering joint toll collection in the Strait of Hormuz and that it could be handled as a joint venture.
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Trump Says He Is Weighing a Two-Week Truce if Iran Agrees to Safe Opening of Strait of Hormuz
Iran warned on June 7 that ships near the Strait of Hormuz would be destroyed unless they received transit clearance from the naval arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The warning came shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump referred to a two-week ceasefire. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that he would agree to halt bombing and attacks on Iran for two weeks if the Islamic Republic agrees to the complete, immediate and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz.
The Wall Street Journal reported that most ships were anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, that Iran was still trying to exert influence over the waterway, and that fighter jets remained in the skies over the Persian Gulf. Against that backdrop, the newspaper said Trump is considering a system under which the U.S. and Iran would jointly collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump told an ABC reporter that the U.S. was considering a joint-venture approach to collecting the tolls. He said it would be a way to protect the strait from many other forces and called it a beautiful thing.
Park Su-bin, Hankyung.com reporter waterbean@hankyung.com
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