Trump Urges International Naval Support to Secure Strait of Hormuz After Iran Attacks
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Donald Trump calls on the UK and other nations to join the US in sending ships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.
In a post on Truth Social, the US president says, despite “Iran’s attempted closure” of the passage, “one way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE!”
The UK Maritime Trade Operations says 16 ships operating in and around the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz have been attacked since the war started.
On Thursday, Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, vowed to keep blocking the strait in his first public statement
Meanwhile, strikes are continuing across the Middle East, with sirens sounding in Jerusalem after the Israeli military said it had detected new attacks from Iran.
An Iranian government spokesperson says 120 schools have been “severely damaged” in the last two weeks, while a woman from Karaj says her “life is basically paralysed” and all she can think about is “survival”.
