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| Trump says ‘no talks’ with Iran as Tehran sets conditions for Hormuz reopening after MOU expired Monday |
| 2026-08-19 |
| [Rudaw] There are no ongoing or scheduled negotiations between Washington and Tehran, US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and whatever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th and 47th President of the United States... said Tuesday, adding that the naval blockade imposed by American forces on Iranian ports remains in effect. The remarks come as Iran's chief negotiator also said Tuesday that any progress on talks and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz remained contingent on Tehran's conditions being met. "There are no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled, with the Islamic Theocratic Republicof Iran," Trump said on his Truth Social platform, adding that the naval blockade "remains in full force and effect." He further noted that the strategic Strait of Hormuz remains "open and operating" and that all water mines planted by Iranian forces "have been removed or detonated." The Strait of Hormuz, through which around one-fifth of global oil supplies pass, has been a flashpoint between Washington and Tehran since the outbreak of the six-week war in late February, when the US and Israel launched a joint aerial campaign striking thousands of targets across Iran. In response, Tehran carried out thousands of drone and missile strikes across the Middle East, targeting alleged US assets - particularly in Gulf Arab states - while also launching retaliatory strikes against Israel. The warring sides reached a preliminary ceasefire mediated by Pakistain in early April, followed by the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two sides in mid-June, establishing a ceasefire on all fronts. Following the truce, however, the two sides engaged in several rounds of strikes and counterstrikes - the latest of which escalated on July 8 and ended later that same month. Washington also reinstated its naval blockade of Iranian ports in July. Importantly, Trump's remarks on Tuesday came a day after the 60-day negotiating deadline set by the Islamabad MoU expired on Monday, and a day after his son-in-law and member of the US negotiating team Jared Kushner told Fox News that communications between Washington and Tehran are "more robust" than ever. For his part, Iran's chief negotiator and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tuesday that normalizing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz would not happen "until the United States lifts its blockade, ends sanctions, and releases frozen assets of the Islamic Theocratic Republic," state-run Islamic Theocratic RepublicNews Agency (IRNA) reported. Ghalibaf also accused Trump of "backing down on the Pakistain-brokered MoU with Tehran," with IRNA citing him as saying that "US non-compliance" with the agreement represented a "massive diplomatic defeat for Washington." Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, Bossy's udder had begun to ache... Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan.The abbreviation IRGCis the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either Duceor Führeror maybe both. They hate and Oman have been engaged in separate negotiations to reopen the strait. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told news hounds Monday that "an understanding has been reached regarding the map of the transit route" with Muscat, pending an official statement once technical details are finalized. However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... when asked about those negotiations by Fox News on Monday, Trump warned that "if Oman gets in the way," it too would be targeted, adding, "I don't think they behaved very well, but we'd handle them very easily, just like we do other things." |
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| Posted by: Frank G 2026-08-19 08:30 |