President of the United States, Donald Trump, emphasized on Monday that his country is «engaged in serious discussions with a new and more reasonable regime» in Iran, but he also repeated threats against the electrical and oil facilities in that country «if an agreement is not reached soon.» In a post on his social media platform Truth, Trump also stated that «progress has been made» in negotiations with the alleged new Iranian regime «to end our military operations in Iran,» without going into specifics. «However, if for any reason an agreement is not reached soon – which we will likely reach – and if the Strait of Hormuz is not ‘opened to traffic’ immediately, we will end our lovely ‘stay’ in Iran by blowing up and completely destroying all their power plants, oil wells, and the island of Jarg (and possibly all desalination plants!), which we have intentionally not ‘touched’ yet,» he added.Trump assured that this retaliation would be carried out «in retaliation for our numerous soldiers, and other individuals, whom Iran has massacred and killed during the 47 years of the ‘reign of terror’ of the former regime.» You may also be interested in Trump says Iran will allow the passage of 20 oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz Trump claims the U.S. is «already working» to control the Strait of Hormuz UltimatumThe president has postponed his ultimatum to Tehran until April 6 to unlock the Strait of Hormuz to allow for negotiations that Iran denies exist: they only acknowledge the exchange of messages through intermediaries like Pakistan. In parallel, the United States is increasing its military presence in the Middle East, with the deployment of around 50,000 troops and with alleged plans by the Pentagon for a ground incursion into Iran. Trump has left open the possibility of seizing the Iranian island of Jarg, which accounts for most of Iran’s oil exports, and is also considering a military operation to export the country’s enriched uranium, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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