“Can’t Be Seized By A Tweet”: Iran On Trump’s ‘Will Soon Declare Hormuz US Territory’ Remark
New Delhi:Tehran on Saturday said the Strait of Hormuz “has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian”, an assertion that came after President Donald Trump said the United States would “soon” declare the key energy waterway part of US territory.Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi stressed that the strait — Tehran effectively closed at the start of the Middle East war, will “only be closed and opened under Iran’s command”.